Shooting for the Moon

On Friday, September 21st, Houston's MD Anderson Cancer Center announced its goal to reduce death from a handful of cancers by the end of this decade in its "Moon Shots Program." The program is inspired by John F. Kennedy's program from the 1960s to land on the moon. Doctors at MD Anderson believe that dying from cancer could eventually become as rare as dying from pneumonia. The Moon Shots Program is aiming at five types of cancer: lung cancer, melanoma, triple negative breast cancer and ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and the blood cancers acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrom and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. These cancers were chosen to be eradicated because of the knowledge of prevention treatment, and survivorship. New technological advances will assist with the program. It will be backed by a $3 billion investment over the next ten years and it plans to launch in February 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/21/health/cancer-program/index.html?hpt=hp_c2