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Proclamation 10358 of March 31, 2022 

National Cancer Control Month, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Since the Congress passed the landmark National Cancer Act in 1971, our 

Nation has made tremendous strides in preventing, detecting, and treating 

cancer. But nearly all families—including my own and that of the Vice 

President’s—still know the pain a cancer diagnosis brings. Despite our Nation’s progress over the last 50 years, cancer in its many forms is still 

the second leading cause of death in the United States, with more than 

600,000 deaths and nearly 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses each year. 

A cancer diagnosis remains a crushing blow to those diagnosed, as well 

as their loved ones. In the name of all those we have lost and for all 

those still fighting, I believe we can end cancer as we know it. 

During National Cancer Control Month, we renew our commitments to improve cancer prevention, promote early detection, enhance treatment, and 

support the needs of cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. We recognize 

that while the fight against cancer is often personal, the desire to make 

cancer more preventable, detectable, and treatable is one that has the potential 

to unite us as a Nation, inspiring us to stand together and work together. 

In 2016, as Vice President, I led the Cancer Moonshot to accelerate our 

progress against cancer and take advantage of 21st century science and 

technology—an effort that has catalyzed change across the cancer community. 

As President, I have reignited the Cancer Moonshot and set ambitious new 

goals to reduce the death rate from cancer by 50 percent over the next 

25 years and to improve the experience of people and their families living 

with and surviving cancer. We are creating the Advanced Research Projects 

Agency for Health (ARPA–H), with the singular purpose of expediting breakthroughs in the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer and other 

deadly diseases. 

As part of a recommitment to the Cancer Moonshot, the First Lady and 

I announced a call to action on cancer screening and early detection. Our 

goal is to drive progress on potentially life-saving screenings that so many 

Americans have missed as a result of the pandemic and to help ensure 

that everyone in the United States benefits equitably from the technology 

we have to detect, diagnose, and treat cancer. We urge every American 

to get back on track with their recommended screenings, and we implore 

the public and private sectors to increase access to early detection for 

individuals and communities. To learn more about which cancer screenings 

are appropriate for you, talk to your healthcare provider, visit cdc.gov/ 

cancerscreening or cancer.gov/screeningtests, or call 1–800–4–CANCER. 

We also encourage Americans to take the proven steps to lower their risk 

for many forms of cancer. Experts agree that reducing tobacco use, eating 

healthily, engaging in regular physical activity and exercise, limiting alcohol 

consumption, and reducing exposure to the sun when it is at its peak 

can help reduce the risk of a cancer diagnosis. Given that cigarette smoking 

is responsible for 30 percent of all cancer deaths, helping people quit smoking 

and limiting exposure to secondhand smoke can save lives. Resources are 

available at SmokeFree.gov, by calling 1–800–QUIT–NOW, or by texting 

QUITNOW to 333888. 


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Access to health coverage is critical to the fight against cancer, and we 

were proud to expand access to quality, affordable coverage through the 

American Rescue Plan. Most health insurance plans are required to cover 

recommended cancer screenings with no out-of-pocket costs. But for millions 

of Americans, the care they need is not within reach. That is why I am 

committed to reducing prescription drug costs and health insurance premiums for millions of Americans and closing the Medicaid coverage gap 

in States that refuse to expand Medicaid. This would allow millions more 

of our fellow Americans to access cancer screenings and tobacco cessation 

services. 

We also thank the doctors, nurses, researchers, caregivers, and advocates 

who are dedicated to finding treatments and cures and reducing the pain 

and burden of cancer. Our Nation’s health care workers continued to provide 

care and support to cancer patients and their loved ones, even as a global 

pandemic made their jobs more difficult and demanding, and our Nation 

is forever grateful. 

During Cancer Control Month, we reaffirm our national commitment to 

meet the scourge of cancer with urgency and with all the tools and talent 

we can bring to bear. For survivors and caregivers who carry the physical 

and mental scars of cancer treatment and recovery, for those who we have 

lost, and for those who we can save—let us end cancer as we know it. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, do hereby proclaim April 2022 as National Cancer Control 

Month. I encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other interested groups to join in activities that 

will increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent, detect, treat, 

and control cancer. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day 

of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortysixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07267 

Filed 4–4–22; 8:45 am] 

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