For award-winning science writer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast op...

'One of the challenges in treating cancer is the disease's complexity and variation among patient...

Delivering high-quality cancer care to all patients presents numerous challenges, including diffi...

Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substan...

Over the last three decades, researchers have made remarkable progress in creating and testing fa...

' ... the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop, 'Policy Issues in the Development of Pers...

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer is the summary o...

'In recent years, the field of oncology has witnessed a number of technological advances, includi...

'Advances in cancer research have led to an improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms un...

'Rapid advances in cancer research, the development of new and more sophisticated approaches to d...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) predicts that by 2020, there will be an 81 perce...

Each year approximately 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States, most o...

'The public health burden from lung cancer is substantial: it is the second most commonly diagnos...

'Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-...

Though cancer was once considered to be a problem primarily in wealthy nations, low- and middle-i...

'In recent years, patients' out-of-pocket costs for cancer care have been rising rapidly. These c...

'One way scientists are working to overcome challenges in cancer treatment and improve cancer car...

Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based intervention...

Millions of women undergo screening mammography regularly with the hope of detecting breast cance...

'Despite spending more time and money in developing novel therapeutics, the success rate for new ...

The IOM's National Cancer Policy Board estimated in 2003 that even modest efforts to implement kn...

These are proceedings of the second of a two-workshop series. This workshop took place in October...

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in United States, causing more than 440,000...

Scientists and clinicians seek a new paradigm that could improve the efficiency, cost-effectivene...

Many ongoing changes are likely to have an impact on cancer research and care. For example, techn...

'The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicin...

'The oncology careforce faces challenges as population growth in the U.S. contributes to increase...

The NCI-sponsored cooperative groups have made important contributions to improving treatment for...

'New technologies and improved understanding of the genesis and progression of various cancers ha...

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unprecedented not only in its size but also in the use of chemica...

'Advances in biomedical research have increased our understanding of the complex nature of diseas...

Research has long sought to identify biomarkers that could detect cancer at an early stage, or pr...

In the nearly 40 years since implementation of federal regulations governing the protection of hu...

Immunotherapy is a form of cancer therapy that harnesses the body's immune system to destroy canc...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held the workshop Applying Big Data...

Cancer treatment can lead to an array of significant short- and long-term physical, psychosocial,...

For award-winning science writer and photographer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of t...

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'The National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has...

X-ray mammography screening is the current mainstay for early breast cancer detection. It has bee...

To explore whether soccer playing puts youths at risk for lasting brain damage, the Institute of ...

.'.the National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) held a 2-day worksh...