Inside STAT: Joe Biden may resurface a long-held dream: a White House laser-focused on cancer

In 2016, following the death of his son from cancer, Joe Biden chose to put aside a dream of a White House that makes cancer a top issue. But as he now embarks on a presidential run, that dream may still be realized. Much of the race so far has focused on health care, and Biden’s unique position as the nation’s “cancer-advocate-in-chief” could work in his favor. Already, through the work at the Biden Cancer Initiative, Biden and his wife, Jill, have fostered collaborations on various levels. And from Biden’s earliest days in Washington, when President Nixon’s “War on Cancer” was in full swing, bringing the cancer message back to the White House could represent a full circle, writes STAT’s Lev Facher. Read more here.