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 National Cancer Institute : Plans & Priorities for Cancer Research
NCI is partnering with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in a Health Disparities Collaborative to reduce cancer-related health disparities for the underserved populations served by HRSA-supported community health centers throughout the United States.
This trans-NIH initiative is also supported by the National Institute of Environmental Sciences, the National Institute on Aging, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research and seeks to develop more effective interventions.
Expanded epidemiologic studies exploring racial/ethnic cancer disparities, focusing both on cancers with the greatest disparities and on specific understudied populations.
plan2004.cancer.gov /public/disparities.htm   (2049 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today announced the funding of a new initiative to pool data and biospecimens from 10 large study populations to conduct research on gene-environment interactions in cancer etiology.
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 Cancer Research Institute: Exploring the body’s immune system as a way to prevent, control and cure cancer
The Cancer Research Institute is proud to announce that the National Prostate Cancer Coalition has joined in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by utilizing the mobile medical office designed for The Drive Against Prostate Cancer to provide emergency medical assistance in Louisiana.
CRI is one of only four cancer charities in the U.S. to receive an A grade for fiscal disclosure and efficiency from the American Institute of Philanthropy.
Cancer Research Institute: Exploring the body’s immune system as a way to prevent, control and cure cancer
www.cancerresearch.org   (695 words)

  
 National Cancer Research Institute
The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) is an exciting new initiative that is challenging the way cancer research is carried out in the UK.
For the first time the major cancer research funding bodies from the government, charity and private sectors have come together to form a partnership as the NCRI with the purpose of accelerating and advancing cancer research for the benefit of patients and the UK cancer research community.
www.ncri.org.uk   (71 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the Nation's primary agency leading the fight against cancer by supporting and conducting ground breaking research in cancer biology, causation, prevention, detection, treatment and survivorship.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The NCI was established under the National Cancer Act of 1937 and is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training.
www.jobweb.com /employer/matrix/natlcancer.htm   (688 words)

  
 U. S. National Cancer Institute
As importantly, the National Cancer Institute has also failed to warn of potential carcinogenic risks on the basis of incomplete or suggestive, although not definitive, evidence and also to direct high priority to research and advocacy on such risks.
Finally, the cancer establishment's massive funding of a nationwide network of research institutes and hospitals virtually ensures the silence or reticence of their captive epidemiologists and other scientists on primary prevention.
The cancer establishment’s denial of Right-to-Know extends to failure to provide Federal and State agencies with scientific data on carcinogenicity on which regulatory decisions are critically based, claiming that this is not their responsibility.
www.preventcancer.com /losing/nci/nci_fails_to_share.htm   (2146 words)

  
 NIH Guide: THE NCI TRANSITION CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD
This is particularly true for medically trained individuals, in general, and for doctorally degreed and medically trained individuals pursuing cancer research careers in the prevention, control, behavioral and population sciences.
There is also a need for basic science researchers trained in human cancer research and who are capable of working with clinicians conducting cancer research and researchers in cancer prevention, control, behavioral, and population sciences.
Institutional supplementation of salary must not require extra duties or responsibilities that would interfere with or detract from the purpose of the award.
grants1.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-04-040.html   (5755 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute - NewsCenter
National Cancer Institute Awards $26.3 Million to Establish Seven Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
The "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2002, shows observed cancer death rates from all cancers combined dropped 1.1 percent per year from 1993 to 2002.
(Posted: 10/04/2005) - The nation's leading cancer organizations report that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to decline and that the rate of new cancers is holding steady.
newscenter.cancer.gov   (494 words)

  
 Welcome to the UC Davis Cancer Center
Our excellence in cancer care is reflected in our designation by the National Cancer Institute, the nation's top cancer organization.
Ours was the first major cancer center to team up with a national laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., to explore innovative ways to turn defense technology into a cancer offense.
Only 60 other cancer centers, out of more than 6000 hospitals nationwide, have successfully competed for this designation, a mark of the highest standards and achievements in cancer research and treatment.
cancer.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu   (313 words)

  
 Pancreatic Cancer: Pancreatica - Confronting Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the developed world, behind cardiovascular disease.
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer mortality (behind lung cancer, colorectal cancer and breast cancer).
Pancreatic cancer is the most virulent of the major cancers; it is also the least funded of the major cancers.
www.pancreatica.org   (575 words)

  
 Cancer Information Service Welcomes You to CIS Home Page
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a national information and education network.
The fact sheet collection may be accessed directly on the National Cancer Institute's web site at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/.
The CIS is a free public service of the NCI, the Nation's primary agency for cancer research.
cis.nci.nih.gov   (324 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute - SourceWatch
The National Cancer Policy Board is a subunit of the Institute of Medicine, of the National Academies.
The National Cancer Institute is one of the National Institutes of Health organized within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Each institute except for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has a director with a research background who is appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=National_Cancer_Institute   (310 words)

  
 SEER Pediatric Monograph - Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Children and Adolescents 1975-1995
This monograph was published in 1999 by the Cancer Statistics Branch of the NCI.
The NCI monograph, Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents: United States SEER Program, 1975-1995, is intended to aid researchers in the search for answers about these rare cancers.
Childhood cancers vary by type of histology, site of disease origin, race, gender, and age.
seer.cancer.gov /publications/childhood   (206 words)

  
 American Cancer Society Homepage
Learning about cancer, treatment options, treatment decision tools, clinical trials, coping.
Join Making Strides and help make breast cancer a thing of the past.
Connect through Cancer Survivors Network and support programs.
www.cancer.org   (155 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute: Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis
We at the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute (NCI), are deeply saddened by your losses.
National Cancer Institute: Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis
The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis improves the lives of the American public by discovering and conducting better ways to diagnose, assess, treat and cure cancer through stimulating, coordinating and funding a national program of cancer research.
www3.cancer.gov /dctd   (285 words)

  
 NCIC Clinical Trials Group
It is one of the national programmes and networks of the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), and is supported by the NCIC with funds raised by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS).
The National Cancer Institute of Canada and its funders are dedicated to the goal of controlling and eventually conquering cancer.
ABOUT US The NCIC CTG is a cooperative oncology group which carries out clinical trials in cancer therapy, supportive care and prevention across Canada and internationally.
www.ctg.queensu.ca   (367 words)

  
 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)
The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) is a clinical trials cooperative group supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
We were also the first to demonstrate that adjuvant therapy could alter the natural history of breast cancer, increasing survival rates, and the first to demonstrate on a large scale the preventive effects of the drug tamoxifen in breast cancer.
It was the NSABP's breast cancer studies that led to the establishment of lumpectomy plus radiation over radical mastectomy as the standard surgical treatment for breast cancer.
www.nsabp.pitt.edu   (835 words)

  
 ABC News: National Cancer Institute Halts Drug Trial
NEW YORK Apr 18, 2005 — The National Cancer Institute said on Monday it halted a trial it was sponsoring of AstraZeneca PLC cancer drug Iressa because the medicine was not increasing patients' survival.
ABC News: National Cancer Institute Halts Drug Trial
The NCI was testing Iressa in lung cancer patients who had completed chemotherapy to see if the drug would prolong their lives.
abcnews.go.com /Health/wireStory?id=681389   (336 words)

  
 The Cancer Information Network
Cancer Fatigue - Cancer-related fatigue is the most common and debilitating side effect of cancer and its treatment.
When bone marrow is compromised by conditions, such as cancer, physicians may choose to conduct a BMT and transferring healthy marrow after destructing diseased bone marrow by chemotherapy or radiation.
Anemia in Cancer Patients - Cancer-related anemia may occur as a direct effect of the disease, due to products of the cancer, or it may develop as a result of the cancer treatment itself.
www.cancerlinksusa.com   (1261 words)

  
 National Cervical Cancer Coalition - HPV, Cervical Cancer
The National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) founded in 1997, is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to serving women with, or at risk for, cervical cancer and HPV disease.
Women in developing countries account for about 85 percent of both the yearly cases of cervical cancer (estimated at 493,000 cases worldwide) and the yearly deaths from cervical cancer (estimated at 273,500 deaths worldwide).
High-Risk HPV Types are directly related to cervical cancer, yet many women are unaware of what HPV is or the relationship it has to cervical cancer disease.
www.nccc-online.org   (1142 words)

  
 SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
For estimates of current year cancer cases and deaths.
Quickly retrieve statistical tables and charts from an interactive database of cancer statistics...
General cancer information, list of all cancers, links to treatment, supportive care, screening, prevention, and clinical trial information.
seer.cancer.gov   (75 words)

  
 Cancer Prevention and Control
CDC is a leader in nationwide cancer prevention and control, working with national organizations, state health agencies and other key groups to develop, implement, and promote effective cancer prevention and control practices.
The nation's leading cancer organizations report that the U.S. cancer mortality continues to decline and that the rate of new cases is holding steady.
Gynecologic cancers are diagnosed in female reproductive organs that include the uterus, ovaries, cervix, fallopian tubes, vulva, and vagina.
www.cdc.gov /cancer   (561 words)

  
 Nanotechnology and Cancer
In August 2001, the NCI joined with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to bring together experts from academia, industry and government for a two-day workshop entitled "Nanotechnology in early detection of cancer".
Currently, detection and diagnosis of cancer usually depend on changes in cells and tissues that are detected by a doctor's physical exam or imaging expertise.
Detection of cancer at an early stage is a critical step in improving cancer treatment.
cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk /cancernet/400388.html   (1975 words)

  
 Introduction to Cancer Research Careers Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the largest component of the National Institutes of Heath (NIH), is the nation’s premier biomedical research facility and a world leader in cancer research.
This program provides participants with the opportunity to experience the NCI first-hand and personally interact with the world’s leading cancer researchers.
NCI recognizes the importance of identifying, training, and mentoring talented researchers from populations underrepresented in science and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
icrc.nci.nih.gov   (208 words)

  
 Introduction to Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the outer layers of your skin.
Skin cancer can occur anywhere on your body, but it is most common in places that have been exposed to more sunlight, such as your face, neck, hands, and arms.
Melanoma is a more serious type of cancer than the more common skin cancers, basal cell cancer or squamous cell cancer, which begin in the basal or squamous cells of the epidermis.
www.maui.net /~southsky/introto.html   (1562 words)

  
 RTOG Homepage
A national cancer study research group funded by NCI headquartered in Philadelphia with almost 30 years of experience in running clinical trials;
Interested in quality of life issues and their effects on the cancer patient.
Comprised of 250 of the major research institutions nationally and in Canada;
www.rtog.org   (83 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute - Training Sponsored by NCI (Extramural)
National Cancer Institute - Training Sponsored by NCI (Extramural)
Opportunities and support for research training and career development of minorities and for involving minority institutions in cancer research, research training, education, and outreach.
The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research FY 2006
cancertraining.nci.nih.gov   (154 words)

  
 National Cancer Institute-Welcome!
Information on cancer topics for the general public, for health educators and communicators, and for students and teachers.
NCI is the largest of the 17 biomedical research institutes and centers at the
A series of self-teaching modules, consisting of text and graphics, designed to explain the complex scientific concepts involved in cancer research and seen in today's news.
rex.nci.nih.gov /SQUAREFIELD3.HTML   (267 words)

  
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5 A Day is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Produce for Better Health Foundation, representing the fruit and vegetable industry.
Daria Massimilla, MPH, State Program Manager, 5 A Day for Better Health, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, EPN 232, Bethesda, MD 20892-7332.
The 5 A Day For Better Health Program is a national nutrition program to encourage Americans to eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day for better health.
cancercontrol.cancer.gov /5aday   (116 words)

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