National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Institute for cancer research.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training.
Our team of approximately 3,500 is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of 11 agencies that make up the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).As the leader of the cancer research enterprise, collectively known
as the National Cancer Program, and the largest funder of cancer
research in the world, NCI manages a broad range of research, training,
and information dissemination activities that reach across the entire
country, meeting the needs of all demographics—rich and poor, urban and
rural, and all racial/ethnic populations.
Visit website: https://www.cancer.gov/
See also: 
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Medical research agency that supports scientific studies
Details last updated 23-Oct-2019
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People at National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Charles Matthews
Senior Investigator Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute
Steven A. Rosenberg
Cancer researcher and surgeon, chief of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute.
Pedro Saint-Maurice
PhD Candidate and Researcher on Physical Activity Epidemiology at National Cancer Institute.
National Cancer Institute (NCI) News
Cancer death rates in US record major drop, according to latest health report
STAT - 08-Jul-2021
Improved survival rates for lung and skin cancer, thanks to new FDA approved therapies
Read more...Gene modified immune cells prevent cancer metastasis in mice
Medical Xpress - 24-Mar-2021
Signaling distant sites to alert & activate cancer killing immune cells in advance
Read more...Addressing treatment-related ageing in cancer with senolytics
Fight Aging! - 11-May-2020
Hopes are up for it to directly help the cancer research community and patients
Read more...Greater step count significantly linked with lower all-cause mortality
Guardian - 24-Mar-2020
Doubling from 4,000 to 8,0000 steps halves the risk of death within 10 years
Read more...Whole-cancer genome analysis to revolutionize cancer treatment
BBC - 05-Feb-2020
This massive study should provide new targets to diagnose and treat all cancers
Read more...Aspirin as a prophylactic measure: reduces mortality in older adult participants
Fight Aging! - 13-Dec-2019
Greatest reduction in colorectal cancer mortality by using aspirin more than 3 times per week
Read more...Toshiba Corp presents a technology for an early cancer detection
Japan Times - 25-Nov-2019
Technology's advantages in the industry are 99% accuracy, 2 hour detection time, obtainable cost
Read more...Simple blood test for early detection of breast cancer
Telegraph - 03-Nov-2019
Samples from 800 patients are being tested now for improving the test accuracy
Read more...Smoking 5 cigarettes a day or 30 have the same impact on lungs
NHS - 10-Oct-2019
There can't be a safe level of smoking cigarettes, even e-cigarettes are harmful to the health
Read more...Starting exercise after 40 still reduces risk of early death
Time - 08-Mar-2019
It's never too late to start exercise
Read more...Newspaper claims of new breast cancer testing tool are premature
NHS - 15-Jan-2019
Accurate risk estimate only available with a complete set of data for a patient.
Read more...Coffee reduces risk of premature death
NHS - 03-Jul-2018
1 cup of coffee per day can reduce the risk of death by 6%
Read more...Immunotherapy beats terminal breast cancer
BBC - 04-Jun-2018
Treatment consist in collecting, in vitro expansion and injection of white blood cells in patients
Read more...New method to accurately determine functional age of cells
News Medical - 11-Jul-2017
Considers biophysical qualities of cells, such as cell movements and structural features. Other ...
Read more...Genomics is opening new frontiers for precision medicine
IEEE Pulse - 03-Oct-2016
A decade after the Human Genome Project was declared complete the cost to sequence DNA has plumme...
Read more...Big Data Is Driving Personalized Medicine Revolution
Information Week - 12-Nov-2015
Drugs can be expensive, difficult to research, hard to get approved. Most drugs don’t work on la...
Read more...Physical activity and gain in life expectancy quantified
Harvard Gazette - 06-Nov-2012
1.8 years extra life for 75 minutes of brisk walking per week. The study was published in the PL...
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