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This NCI-authored article examines the benefits and harms of multicancer detection tests. This new generation of cancer screening tests offer the potential for using a noninvasive blood test to reduce cancer-related… Learn more
POSTED: 4/26/2024
ULACNet Participants at the 2024 EUROGIN International Multidisciplinary HPV Congress
In this issue we present: Connecting and Presenting at EUROGIN 2024, Challenges and Solutions for Carrying out Multicenter Clinical Trials, and OPTIMO Study has Completed Enrollment in Peru, Brazil and Haiti.
POSTED: 4/25/2024
Cover page of April 2024 issue of CAP-IT News
In this issue: investigator news, publicatoins, grants & awards, working groups, steering committe, shared resources, job opportunities, upcoming event.
POSTED: 4/22/2024
Latest News, Upcoming Events, Past Event, Grant Submission News, Reminders
POSTED: 4/16/2024
Latest News, Upcoming Events, In Case you Missed It, Reminders
POSTED: 4/2/2024
NCI researchers have published a review in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicans that outlines what is known and unknown about multi-cancer detection assay technologies. “MCD tests can potentially be used to improve early… Learn more
POSTED: 3/25/2024
Pain occurs in up to 50% of patients with cancer.
As improved cancer treatments have led to increased cancer survivorship, cancer survivors are now living longer with chronic pain. NCI is supporting research to address this issue.
POSTED: 3/19/2024
AUTHOR: Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D., and Brennan Streck, Ph.D., R.N., M.P.H.
Consider attending these DCP PREVENT-funded project presentations at AACR to learn about preclinical development of innovative interventions and biomarkers for cancer prevention and interception.
POSTED: 3/12/2024
AACR Annual Meeting 2024
Consider attending these AACR sessions to learn about the latest DCP funding opportunities in cancer prevention, interception, and symptom science; research resources and workforce activities; multi-cancer detection tests… Learn more
POSTED: 3/12/2024
Upcoming Event, Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Palliative Care, Reminder
POSTED: 2/28/2024
A middle-aged man sitting on a hospital bed having his blood drawn by a medical technologist.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a clinical trials network to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening. The Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN) will support the Biden-Harris administration… Learn more
POSTED: 2/21/2024
Worta McCaskill-Stevens, M.D.
The 2024 AACR Distinguished Public Service Award will be given posthumously to NCI cancer researcher Worta McCaskill-Stevens, M.D., at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024, to be held from April 5-10 at the San Diego Convention… Learn more
POSTED: 2/19/2024
Latest News, Upcoming Events, Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs): Assay Validation for Studies in Cancer, Reminders
POSTED: 2/6/2024
Whole cranberries in a bowl and placed within a drink in a glass.
Findings from two studies aimed at learning more about preventing the type of esophageal cancer with the fastest growing incidence rate have emerged recently from the Barrett’s Esophagus Translational Research Network (… Learn more
POSTED: 1/30/2024
AUTHOR: Susan Jenks
Screen capture of the January 2024 issue of CP-CTNet Newseltter
Staff Highlight, DMACC Updates, Research Funding Opportunities, Active and DCP-Approved Studies, Upcoming Events
POSTED: 1/30/2024
A female health provider positions a patient undergoing a mammogram.
Cancer screening tests can help doctors find several forms of the disease at an early stage. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends routine screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, and lung cancer. But… Learn more
POSTED: 1/26/2024
'Last Mile' Sites
On January 25, 2024, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, with public and private partners, is launching a new clinical trial network to gather data on a “self-collection” method of… Learn more
POSTED: 1/25/2024
Latest News, Upcoming Event, Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO): Cancer Prevention and Control, Reminder, In case you missed it
POSTED: 1/3/2024
A woman in scrubs, sitting at a desk in a medical exam room, talks on a landline phone.
Screening tests like mammography and low-dose CT scans can catch cancers early only when people with abnormal results return for the necessary follow-up testing. But many people with abnormal results don’t get this… Learn more
POSTED: 12/22/2023
AUTHOR: Linda Wang
ULACNet investigators at the annual meeting at the  University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center
In this issue we present: the 2023 ULACNet and CAMPO Meetings in San Juan, PR, the long and winding journey in ROCCHHA, the ULACNet-302 site visit, and the New and Improved UNITED webpage.
POSTED: 12/18/2023
A graphic displaying alternative paths from point A to point B: direct, circuitous, and roundabout.
There are many approved medications for reducing breast cancer risk, but they can cause toxic side effects that lead people to forego preventive interventions. Two recent NCI-supported studies looked at ways to provide… Learn more
POSTED: 12/15/2023
Latest News, Upcoming Events, Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs): Cancer Prevention and Control and More
POSTED: 12/5/2023