Table of Contents
Introduction: A New Deal for Cancer Charles S. Fuchs Abbe R. Gluck Eugene Rusyn 1
Part 1 Cancer Care Today: Where We are and Who Pays
1 The New Borders of Cancerland Siddhartha Mukherjee 17
2 A View from the Ground: The Changing Landscape of Cancer Care Randall A. Oyer Erin O. Aakhus 31
3 The Health Insurance Landscape and Cancer Care K. Robin Yabroff 52
4 Reductions in Cancer Drug Prices Must Account for the Cross-Subsidies They Provide for Essential Underreimbursed Services Edward J. Benz Jr. 68
5 Save Physician-Owned Practices to Save Money in Health Care Barbara McAneny 83
Part 2 Cancer and the Community
6 Racial Disparities and Cancer Injustice Matt K. Nguyen Otis W. Brawley 103
7 Cancer and Health Justice Blase N. Polite Lindsay F. Wiley 124
8 Cancer and Public Health Melinda L. Irwin Abigail S. Friedman Nicole C. Deziel Linda M. Niccolai 139
9 Lift Every Voice and Sing: Working for Equity for Children with Cancer Nancy Goodman 158
10 Perspectives on Cancer Advocacy Sherry Lansing 171
Part 3 Science and Treatment Transformed
11 The Frontier of Cancer Care Aphrothiti J. Hanrahan Gurshan S. Gill David B. Solit 187
12 Oncologist Perspectives on the Evolution of Clinical Care Since the National Cancer Act of 1971 Neal J. Meropol Eric P. Winer 207
13 Responsible Open-Source Data Sharing for Precision Oncology Cynthia Jung Kenna Shaw Arjun Mody Barrett J. Rollins Charles L. Sawyers 224
14 (Over-)Paying for Cancer Care Cary Gross Stacie B. Dusetzina Ezekiel J. Emanuel 242
Part 4 Governing Cancer
15 FDA and Cancer R&D: The Engine for Future Cures Gideon Blumenthal 265
16 US Federal Agencies: Advancing Cancer Research and Care Through Improved Coordination and Efficiency Shelagh Foster Shimere Sherwood Richard L. Schilsky 284
17 The Fifty States of Cancer Cary Gross Deborah Schrag 314
18 Cancer and Congress Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro Abbe R. Gluck 336
19 Cancer and the President: The Moonshot and Beyond Greg Simon Allison Rabkin Golden 358
Acknowledgments 381
Index 383