NEWS: October 17, 2019 (Cancer Prevention Science Blog)

TMIST Ramps Up to Illuminate Breast Cancer Screening


TMIST (Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial), the large NCI screening study to learn about the best ways to find breast cancer in women who have no symptoms, is ramping up with 16,505 participants enrolled to date at 84...
NEWS: September 18, 2019 (NCI Press Release)

Study Quantifies Impact of NCI-sponsored Trials on Clinical Cancer Care


A new study shows that nearly half of phase 3 cancer clinical trials carried out by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored SWOG Cancer Research Network, one of five groups in NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), were...
NEWS: September 13, 2019 (The Cancer Letter)

Michigan’s Philip Stella receives NCORP 2019 Harry Hynes Award: Conversation with the Cancer Letter


Philip J. Stella, the principal investigator of the Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCI Community Oncology Research Program site in Ann Arbor, won the 2019 Harry Hynes Award.  The award is given annually to NCORP PIs for outstanding...
NEWS: September 5, 2019 (NCI Director’s Message)

NCI Annual Plan & Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2021


The year 2021 will mark the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the landmark legislation that intensified support for cancer research in the United States. The investment sparked a biomedical revolution that has led to...
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