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Opinion: Biden s Plan to End Cancer Borrows From an Old, Flawed Playbook

The President’s new health research enterprise is eerily reminiscent of Richard Nixon’s ill-fated war on cancer.

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The war on cancer: A look back at Mary Lasker, Richard Nixon and the National Cancer Act of 1971

The war on cancer: A look back at Mary Lasker, Richard Nixon and the National Cancer Act of 1971
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50 years ago, Nixon gave the U S a Christmas present, launching the war on cancer

The National Cancer Act became law 50 years ago. Cancer went from shameful taboo to one of the best-funded areas of medicine. Much of the credit for this transformation goes to one woman, Mary Lasker.

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