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The Search for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Accelerates with Biomarkers

Scientists have identified more than 1,000 potential new biomarkers for cancer that they hope will aid in the early detection of many of these complex diseases, including one of the most challenging, pancreatic cancer.

Why I Joined a Clinical Trial

Clinical trial participants share why they joined clinical trials of new ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and the side effects of cancer treatment.

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The Division of Cancer Prevention furthers the mission of the National Cancer Institute by leading, supporting, and promoting rigorous, innovative research and training to prevent cancer and its consequences to improve the health of all people.

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act - Champions and Changemakers

Portrait of Peter Greenwald, M.D., Dr.P.H.

Peter Greenwald, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Cancer Prevention Means Doing Something

As the first cancer prevention director at the National Cancer Institute, Peter Greenwald, M.D., Dr.P.H., came in with an attitude that “prevention means doing something” in contrast to then-prevailing concerns about solely identifying carcinogens to avoid. He founded the new division of...

Lee Wattenberg, M.D.
Father of Chemoprevention

Lee Wattenberg, M.D., is considered by many to be the father of cancer chemoprevention, or “chemoprophylaxis,” as he called it. Developing a deep interest in scientific research when he worked as a junior biologist on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Wattenberg went on to lead a highly successful...

Portrait of Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.

Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D.
Prevention for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

A physician-scientist and a medical oncologist by training, Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D., devotes his clinical expertise and practice to the care of patients and families diagnosed with hereditary cancer syndromes of the gastrointestinal tract: Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous...

Diane Solomon, M.D.
Cervical Cancer Detection

Diane Solomon, M.D., appreciated that the development of cervical cancer could be measured at three levels: visual, what the eye can see on clinical exam; microscopic, what the eye sees under a microscope; and molecular, what is the underlying cause of the disease, the human papillomavirus...

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DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I, April 9-15 2021

On Demand Session Type: Major Symposium Session Title: Colorectal Cancer Interception: Immunologic and...

Cannabis and Cancer Part 2: Scientists Look for Ways to Increase Knowledge About Cannabis with Help from People with Cancer

After decades of opposition to decriminalizing cannabis products (especially marijuana), a more permissive attitude toward cannabis and its...

Nutrition Frontiers - Winter 2021

RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Vitamin D & Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Kidney Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Low...

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Honoring the Scientists who Shaped Cancer Prevention Research During the Last 50 Years

For centuries, visionary physicians have stressed preventing disease as the best option. I frequently say that the “best” cancer is the cancer that...

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Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development Virtual Workshop on Immunomodulatory Agents

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Monday, September 13, 2021 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 9:50am - 4:00pm

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The Search for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Accelerates with Biomarkers

Why I Joined a Clinical Trial

MISSION STATEMENT

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act - Champions and Changemakers

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DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I, April 9-15 2021

Cannabis and Cancer Part 2: Scientists Look for Ways to Increase Knowledge About Cannabis with Help from People with Cancer

Nutrition Frontiers - Winter 2021

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Honoring the Scientists who Shaped Cancer Prevention Research During the Last 50 Years

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Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development Virtual Workshop on Immunomodulatory Agents

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The Search for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Accelerates with Biomarkers

Why I Joined a Clinical Trial

MISSION STATEMENT

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act - Champions and Changemakers

Latest News

DCP/PREVENT-funded Project Presentations at AACR Virtual Annual Meeting I, April 9-15 2021

Cannabis and Cancer Part 2: Scientists Look for Ways to Increase Knowledge About Cannabis with Help from People with Cancer

Nutrition Frontiers - Winter 2021

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Honoring the Scientists who Shaped Cancer Prevention Research During the Last 50 Years

Meetings and Events

Translational Advances in Cancer Prevention Agent Development Virtual Workshop on Immunomodulatory Agents

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@NCIprevention

@NCISymptomMgmt

@NCICastle

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