Matthews, John H.Dalton, JamesMatthews, NathanialBaigun, ClaudioCarmody, EmmaFinlayson, C. MaxMadgwick, JaneMamba, MusondaPetrie, BelyndaPittock, JamieKumar, RiteshLiu, JunguoRilla, FranciscoSmith, MarkVigerstol, KariVörosmarty, Charles2020-06-250028-0836http://hdl.handle.net/1885/205554In this year’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump declared: “Many childhood cancers have not seen new therapies in decades. My budget will ask the Congress for US$500 million over the next ten years to fund this critical lifesaving research.” He also singled out a ten-year-old with cancer for public display. This publicrelations gesture could raise false hope for those affected by cancer.application/pdfen-AU© 2019 Springer Nature Limited201910.1038/d41586-019-01052-62019-11-25