Curing cancer or curbing immigration: A question of national morality and priority

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In December 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and declared a “War on Cancer.” In the past 54 years, the U.S. has invested $180 billion nominally, or approximately $322 billion when adjusted for inflation, in cancer research. This investment has paid dividends with more than 100 anticancer drugs brought to market in half a century—virtually all traceable to National Cancer Institute funding. 

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Paul W. Thurman, DBA
Professor of management and analytics, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University
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Paul W. Thurman, DBA
Professor of management and analytics, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University

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