NCI is on the cusp of releasing designs for its National Cancer Plan, an initiative that would guide the institute’s mission and portfolio for years to come and engage everyone in oncology to “end cancer as we know it,” said NCI Director Monica Bertagnolli.
At a lecture at Yale Cancer Center recently, Robert A. Winn brandished a copy of a 32-year old booklet titled “Cancer at a Crossroads: A Report to Congress for the Nation,” using it as a show-and-tell prop in arguing that America’s cancer program is once again at a crossroads and therefore in urgent need of strategic thinking (The Cancer Letter, April 10, 2026).
