The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued the following statement from ASTRO Board of Directors Chair Laura A. Dawson in response to the introduction of the Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Readers of The Cancer Letter and listeners of The Cancer Letter Podcast are familiar with the impact of President Donald Trump’s first nine months in office on the field of oncology. Now, the threats posed to oncology are being brought to the attention of a general audience—Jonathan Mahler, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, wrote an in-depth article about how the Trump administration’s actions have brought chaos, uncertainty, and damage to the oncology research community.
