For example, to achieve the ideal future state of Prevent Cancer (all people and society adopt proven strategies that reduce the incidence of cancer), it will take everyone from vaccine researchers, statisticians, family physicians, nurses, health educators, healthy people, dieticians, tobacco control advocates, policymakers, and the list goes on.
Eight goals form the centerpiece of the plan ( Fig. 1). I interpret the goals as domains of work that encompass all the efforts that can contribute to progress toward the ideal future states as described in the National Cancer Plan ( 11). For example, to achieve the ideal future state of Prevent Cancer (all people and society adopt proven strategies that reduce the incidence of cancer), it will take everyone from vaccine researchers, statisticians, family physicians, nurses, health educators, healthy people, dieticians, tobacco control advocates, policymakers, and the list goes on. My examples in this commentary focus on research, but everyone has a unique role in realizing the potential of the plan—including many who do not identify as researchers.