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    On September 13, during a meeting of the Cancer Cabinet, President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden announced a $240 million investment to accelerate advances in cancer-related projects, with the aim of improving treatments and reducing cancer mortality over the next 25 years. The funding, which was awarded through the newly launched Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), will go to researchers and innovators investigating effective approaches to cancer prevention, detection,

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    Several recent studies have shown an increasingly disturbing trend: the incidence of early-onset cancers—those diagnosed in individuals younger than age 50—is on the rise, and not just in the United States but globally as well. Worldwide, in 2019, there were a reported 1.19 million new cases of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYAs), aged 15 to 39, and approximately 425,000 deaths. 1 Although considered a rare occurrence in the United States, cancer in this age group has risen by nearly 30%

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    NCI’s Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium releases proteogenomic dataset to accelerate cancer discoveries.

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    • .@NIH unveils comprehensive proteogenomic dataset to help #CancerResearchers uncover new molecular insights into how cancers develop and progress. The dataset was generated by the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) at NCI. https://t.co/tjfxS0KmKP #CancerMoonshot

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    The Cancer Moonshot Scholars program seeks to diversify the NCI R01 portfolio by enhancing the number of applications submitted by Early Stage Investigators from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups identified as underrepresented (NOT-OD-20-031) in the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences research workforce.

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    • The National Cancer Plan aims to increase diversity and inclusion in the cancer workforce. Learn about the #CancerMoonshot Scholars Diversity Program, which offers training opportunities to underrepresented groups in #CancerResearch. https://t.co/vyWEIcu9G8 #NationalCancerPlan https://t.co/rkfCPvMNzv

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    Fred Hutch’s Dr. Matty Triplette, a health services researcher and pulmonologist who also serves as the medical director of the Lung Cancer Early Detection a…

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    • Congrats to Fred Hutch researcher/pulmonologist @MA_Triplette on being named a #CancerMoonshot Scholar! He recently spoke to us about lack of data on LGBTQ+ patients with cancer and how he and others at Fred Hutch are working to change that. Watch: https://t.co/s8501APBSn https://t.co/GORlvFWUyH