The progress in cancer exceeds that of any other therapeutic area right now—at least as far as FDA is concerned, NCI Director Ned Sharpless said at a Dec. 3 joint meeting of the Board of Scientific Advisors and the National Cancer Advisory Board.
Multiple components of the healthcare and public health systems are currently under scrutiny. One of them is reportedly the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF: “Task Force”), established in 1984 and managed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. It was created to maintain an ongoing evaluation of disease prevention and screening interventions that...
