Blueprint for cancer research: Critical gaps and opportunities
American Cancer Society scientists recently released a new report, \u201cBlueprint for cancer research: Critical gaps and opportunities,\u201d that sought to highlight the work needed to develop better tools and strategies to limit cancer as a major health concern. \n\nOur guest, Lynne Elmore, PhD\u2014 Senior Scientific Director of Cell Biology and Preclinical Cancer Research at the American Cancer Society\u2014led the effort to \u201cintegrate conversations with over 90 leading cancer experts to highlight current challenges, encourage a robust and diverse national research portfolio, and capture timely opportunities to advance evidence\u2010based approaches for all patients with cancer and for all communities.\u201d\n\nThe full article, \u201cBlueprint for cancer research: Critical gaps and opportunities,\u201d can be found at: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21652\n\nAll eight ACS blueprint articles are available here: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.3322/(ISSN)1542-4863.ACS_Cancer_Control_Blueprints \n\n2:37 \u2013 Dr. Lynne Elmore of the Extramural Discovery Science team at the American Cancer Society\n\n3:58 \u2013 The role of this team in funding cancer research around the country, launching the careers of cancer scientists, and giving hope to cancer patients and caregivers\n\n7:12 \u2013 What were the motivations behind writing \u201cBlueprint for Cancer Research: Critical Gaps and Opportunities?\u201d\n\n10:41 \u2013 The collaborative approach taken to producing the Blueprint, which incorporated diverse perspectives from scientists and clinicians on the front lines of cancer treatment\n\n15:30 \u2013 What major themes emerged from this Blueprint?\n\n20:40 \u2013 The most surprising observations in the Blueprint, such as early detection developments related to liquid biopsies\n\n23:59 \u2013 What she hopes readers will take away from the Blueprint, and three ways that cancer patients and survivors can help advance research\n\n30:01 \u2013 Important parallels between the Blueprint and the work of the Extramural Discovery Science Department at the American Cancer Society \n\n34:45 \u2013 A message she\u2019d like to share with cancer patients, caregivers and survivors