Latest News Read All News Nutrition Frontiers - Fall 2021 RESEARCH UPDATE: ON THE CLINICAL FRONT Diet Quality and Risk and Severity of COVID-19 Evidence for the influence of diet on COVID-19 risk and... Job Opening for DCP Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer The Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has a job opening for an innovative leader to serve as its Deputy... CP-CTNet Newsletter Welcome to the CP-CTNet Newsletter where we share programmatic and research updates for the Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet). Study Seeks to Unravel the Complexity of Rare Blood Disorders Known as Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) In a clinical study underway, scientists hope to unravel the complexities of a group of poorly understood and relatively rare blood disorders that... Blog Posts All Blog Posts Studies Focus on Testing Family Members of Cancer Gene Carriers If your family member had cancer, would you want to know if you carried a gene mutation that increased your risk of the same cancer? This question is at the heart of three novel research projects... Equity and Access to Trials Highlight the 2021 NCORP Grantee Meeting The NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) annual meeting for grantees in August 2021 virtually brought together representatives from every NCORP Research Base and Community and Minority... Study Seeks to Unravel the Complexity of Rare Blood Disorders Known as Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) In a clinical study underway, scientists hope to unravel the complexities of a group of poorly understood and relatively rare blood disorders that often lead to cancer. In myelodysplastic... A Message from the Director: A Year of Making the Cancer Prevention Intention Clear A year ago, I said that coming on board as the Division of Cancer Prevention Director in July 2020 was a “challenge,” adding that I had faith in science that the pandemic would be solved soon. Science has brought us a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and medicine to treat the disease, but we still aren’t all together in the workspace or many other places. We all look forward to that day. Despite the challenges that continue to keep us physically apart, I think we are philosophically together in our desire to prevent cancer. Our mission hasn’t changed, and our motivation hasn’t changed... Meetings and Events Review All Our Meetings and Events Accelerating the Development of Pediatric Physical Activity Interventions Date(s): Monday, December 6, 2021 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST Location: Virtual via WebEx Strengths, Weaknesses, and Reproducibility in Nutritional Randomized Clinical Trials (RTC) and Epidemiological Studies Date(s): Friday, December 10, 2021 - 11:00am - 1:00pm EST Location: Virtual via WebEx PCDC EDRN-APaCC Joint (Virtual) Meeting Registration Now Open Date(s): Monday, December 13, 2021 - 10:30am - 5:30pm EST Location: Virtual via WebEx Charting the Course of Liquid Biopsy in Precision Prevention and Treatment Date(s): Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - 11:00am - 3:45pm ESTThursday, December 16, 2021 - 11:00am - 3:45pm EST Location: Virtual via WebEx Videos and Webinars Infographics Twitter Feeds
