National Cancer Institute, Our Trusted Link for December 2021

 

National Cancer Institute

Since 1937, the National Cancer Institute has been the national leader in conducting cancer research, as well as training healthcare workers to diagnose and treat cancer.  Cancer was the first non-communicable disease for which research and treatment was funded by the U.S. government.  Now part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has the largest budget and research program within NIH: over $6 billion, with over 40% dedicated to research project grants. NCI supports and performs research on the causes, genomics, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.  Milestones include 1940: First issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (now independent of NCI) 1955: NCI created the Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program 1957: The first cancer, choriocarcinoma, was cured with chemotherapy at NCI 1960: NCI began funding government-supported cancer centers. 1971: The National Cancer Act of 1971 declares "war on cancer," creates the National Cancer Advisory Board, increases funding  1973: SEER program established to collect U.S. cancer statistics 1976: Cancer Information Service launched (800-4-CANCER)  1996: Office of Cancer Survivorship established 2016: Genomic Data Commons begins making cancer genomics data available to all researchers Moonshot: Launched by the Obama Administration, the National Cancer Moonshot is a $1 billion initiative to accelerate the development of new cancer detection and treatments.  History Project: Created to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Cancer History Project is a free historical resource.  The Most Active NCI Blogs Cancer Currents Cancer Prevention Science Cancer Data Science Pulse CGH Spotlight (from Center for Global Health) NCI Bottom Line (grants and training) Newsletters  CCR Milestones from Center for Cancer Research Global Health Activities from Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences DCEG Linkage from Division of Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology DCTD Pipeline News from Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis EGRP Cancer Epidemiology News Office of Cancer Genomics E-Newsletter Scientific News from NCI’s Behavioral Research Program Social Media at NCI YouTube Facebook LinkedIn Twitter for NCI Behavior Science Twitter for NCI Cancer Control Twitter for NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey

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