War on cancer
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title:
War on cancer
text:
The "war on cancer" is the effort to find a cure for cancer by increased research to improve the understanding of cancer biology and the development of more effective cancer treatments, such as targeted drug therapies. The aim of such efforts is to eradicate cancer as a major cause of death. The signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971 by United States president Richard Nixon is generally viewed as the beginning of this effort, though it was not described as a "war" in the legislation itself.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Campaign to find a cure for cancer led by the American federal government
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_cancer
date created:
2007-11-05T15:48:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T18:56:35Z
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