Biden will host cancer research summit in DC

Vice President Biden will host a national conference on cancer research with scientists, oncologists, donors and patients, the White House said Tuesday.

{mosads}The “National Cancer Moonshot Summit” will be a daylong conference intended to galvanize Biden’s push to double the pace of research to cure cancer.

The summit will be held on June 29 at Howard University, and the White House said it will be the first summit to focus broadly on the more than 100 types of cancer, The Associated Press reported.

Greg Simon, a former Pfizer executive who is running Biden’s cancer-cure initiative, said the summit will emphasize strategies for prevention and early detection and encourage access to treatment and data sharing, the AP reported.

“It’s a tall order, to be sure,” Simon writes in a forthcoming Medium, according to the AP. “But it’s one I’m confident we can fill once we break down silos and foster more collaboration. The summit’s goal is to do just that.”