[Editorial] US National Cancer Act: 40 years on

Source: The Lancet

In 1971, US President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law and so launched his war on cancer. It was shortly after the first man walked on the moon and Americans' faith in technology led to the feeling that anything, even an end to cancer, was possible.

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