Aiming for the Moon(shot): Accelerating Lung Cancer Care and Research

On Wednesday, May 4, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health leaders, along with representatives from private and public healthcare organizations, hosted a Cancer Cabinet Community Conversation as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative. VA, one of several government organizations to hold a virtual roundtable that day, focused on the agency’s lung precision oncology program to advance cancer treatment.

VA’s roundtable Aiming for the Moon(shot): Accelerating Lung Cancer Care and Research was held at 4 p.m. ET. Event participants discussed lung cancer prevention, screening, treatment, and research. From the Veterans Health Administration, participants included Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks (DEAN) and Michael Kelley, M.D., Director, National Oncology Program (NOP).

Additional participants included industry experts such as Alex A. Adjei, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Laurie Fenton Ambrose, Co-Founder, President, & CEO, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer and Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, M.D., Thoracic Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital.