Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act The Inaugural Nixon Cancer Conference December 1-2, 2021 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Yorba Linda, CA
Robert A. Bradway Otis W. Brawley, M.D. Samuel Broder, M.D. Vincent DeVita, Jr., M.D. Robert A. Ingram Claire Pomeroy, M.D. Congressional Committee
Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House Hon. Don Bacon Hon. Stephanie Bice Hon. Roy Blunt Hon. Diana DeGette Hon. Rosa DeLauro Hon. Brian Fitzpatrick Hon. Virginia Foxx Hon. Richard Hudson Hon. Rob Portman Hon. Brad Schneider Hon. Terri A. Sewell Hon. Pete Stauber Hon. Glenn Thompson Hon. Norma Torres Hon. Juan Vargas Hon. Joe Wilson
Chair Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. Vice Chairs Paul Begala James H. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. Melanie Eisenhower, MS, CCLS Hugh Hewitt Marlene Malek, RN Ellen Sigal, Ph.D. Host Committee
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The first panel consisted of Nobel laureate James P. Allison, Ph.D., Nobel laureate David Baltimore, Ph.D., Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp, Ph.D., and was moderated by Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. Each panelist reflected on how the National Cancer Act of 1971 directly impacted their professional careers.
This two-day gathering consisted of distinguished Nobel laureates, cancer center directors, clinicians, researchers, and public health officials to assess the past, analyze the present, and envision the future of cancer treatment and research.
Focusing on current cancer research, the second panel featured Stephan A. Grupp, M.D., Ph.D., Lori J. Pierce, Ph.D., Peter Pisters, M.D., and was moderated by Steven T. Rosen, M.D.
The third panel looked ahead to the future of cancer research and consisted of Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., William W. Li, M.D., Larry Norton, M.D., Stephen Hahn, M.D., and was moderated by Anna Barker, Ph.D.
Nixon Foundation Hosts Inaugural National Cancer Conference
Director of the National Cancer Institute, Ned Sharpless, M.D., virtually delivered a keynote address on the work of the National Cancer Institute.
Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Former Director of the National Cancer Institute
In Conversation on the History of the National Cancer Act
James H. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., Former Staff Assistant to President Nixon for Health Affairs
Moderated by: Frank Gannon, Ph.D., Former Special Assistant to President Nixon
James P. Allison, Ph.D. Nobel laureate David Baltimore, Ph.D. Nobel laureate Philip Sharp, Ph.D. Panel Moderator: Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Former National Cancer Institute Director, Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
Nobel laureate
Discovering Cancer's Secrets
Peter Pisters, M.D., President of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Saving Lives, from Hopelessness to Hope
Lori J. Pierce, M.D., FASTRO, FASCO, Chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Board of Directors, Professor and Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, University of Michigan
Moderated by: Steven T. Rosen, M.D., Medical Oncologist and Hematologist; Provost and Chief Scientific Officer; Irell and Manella Cancer Center Directors Distinguished Chair; Morgan & Helen Chu Directors Chair of the Beckman Research Institute
Stephan A. Grupp, M.D., Ph.D., Section Chief of the Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of the National Cancer Institute Luncheon Sponsored by:Welcome Reception Sponsored by:
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Keynote Address
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Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., Former Special Expert on Nanotechnology for the National Cancer Institute, Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington
William W. Li, M.D., Chief Executive Officer & President of the Angiogenesis Foundation, New York Times Bestselling author of "Eat to Beat Disease" Stephen Hahn, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Preemptive Medicine & Health Security, Flagship Pioneering, Former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
Larry Norton, M.D., Medical Director of the Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Moderated by: Anna Barker, Ph.D., Former National Cancer Institute Deputy Director
Changing the Future of Cancer
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President Nixon was proud of the National Cancer Act. In his remarks before signing the bill, he said, “I hope that in the years ahead we may look back on this day and this action as being the most significant action taken during this administration.”
The National Cancer Act of 1971
Nearly twenty years later, looking back on the progress the law had achieved in what the media had called, the “War on Cancer” Richard Nixon wrote of the National Cancer Act, “I consider it my most important domestic initiative.”
On December 23, 1971, 250 guests crowded into the State Dining Room of the White House to witness a momentous event: the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971.
Just eleven months after he first proposed it in the State of the Union address, President Nixon was ready to sign into law a bill that would completely transform the country’s efforts to fight cancer, the second leading cause of deathin the nation.
A Commitment to Hope:
A special exhibit, unveiled during the conference, allowed visitors to experience that decisive moment 50 years ago when the U.S. government took action to develop a “cancure” and its amazing— indeed miraculous— results. With artifacts never before exhibited on loan from cancer centers across the country, visitors experienced how the fight to conquer cancer has transformed and evolved, including lifesaving advances in prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer.
Richard Nixon and the National Cancer Act
The Richard Nixon Foundation is pleased to announce the second Nixon National Cancer Conference at the Nixon Library. DECEMBER 7-8, 2022 SAVE THE DATE!
