This report is designed to assist the Institute in efforts to accelerate progress against prostate cancer by assessing past research investments and identifying future research needs.
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The goals of the Molecular Imaging Program (MIP) are to develop targeted imaging methods that lead to an improved understanding of cancer biology, thereby accelerating the development of cancer therapies.
At the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009 in Denver, NCI Director John E. Niederhuber, M.D., announced major details, such as funding more grants, development of a platform for personalized cancer care, and an accelerated cancer genetics program, that will move ...
The Office of China Cancer Programs (OCCP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) promotes, supports, and informs the development of cooperative research projects between U.S. and Chinese scientists, research teams, and institutions to accelerate progress against cancer.
The pace of research in understanding cancer has accelerated in recent years, raising the need for more effective and immediate ways of translating this new knowledge into patient care.
The Office of Latin American Cancer Program Development (OLACPD), an innovative partnership between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Fogarty International Center (FIC), was launched in recognition of the opportunity to support and enhance cancer research and care in Latin America. The mission of OLACPD ...
The United States National Cancer Institute formalized bilateral partnerships this week with the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay, to accelerate progress against cancer in Hispanic populations in the United States and Latin America and improve cancer research.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a new method that could accelerate the way cancer-causing genes are found and could lead to a more accurate identification of the ...
NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) Pilot Program Summary January 2007 1 of 5 Cancer Care in the United States: � The pace of research in understanding cancer has accelerated in recent years, raising the need for more effective
Less than a decade into the new century, America's cancer research enterprise led and facilitated by the National Cancer Institute--is coming to deeply understand cancers causes, inner workings and complexities at an ever accelerating pace. Spurred by the...
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Comprehensive Research Effort Advanced on Tobacco Use The National Cancer Institute (NCI), following the recommendations of its Tobacco Research Implementation Group, is advancing a plan to expand and accelerate tobacco research that can prevent cancers associated with ...
team work together to merge clinical and basic research to develop new cures and cancer control treatment. That type of work translates the basic science into clinical cures and/or cancer control cancer treatment and accelerated research into therapies customized for each ...
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NCI announced that SAIC-Frederick, Inc. has made two-year awards under a competitive solicitation totaling $13.4 million to two research teams from 10 cancer research institutions.
Office of China Cancer ProgramsNCI's Office of China Cancer Programs promotes, supports, and informs the development of cooperative research projects between U.S. and Chinese scientists, research teams, and institutions to accelerate progress against cancer.
Epidemiology continues to shape the research agenda for preventing cancer and understanding its causes. New epidemiological research will differ dramatically from previous research in its sheer size and scale, the technologies used, and the strong connections to other biomedical disciplines. By focusing on the most ...
for HIV and Cancer October 6, 2010 NIH Announces New Program to Accelerate Research Independence October 6, 2010 NIH Transformative Research Project Awards hasten innovation...
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For several decades, accelerators designed primarily for research in nuclear and high energy physics have been adapted for biomedical research including radiotherapeutic treatment of human diseases such as pituitary disorders, cancer, and more recently, a...
Several recent reports, including NCI's Strategic Plan for Leading the Nation and the NCI-designated cancer center directors' report Accelerating Successes Against Cancer, have recognized the salience of patient-clinician communication in optimizing cancer patients' and survivors' health outcomes.
Developing more efficient and effective cancer treatments that leave surrounding healthy tissue unharmed is at the heart of NCI�s research agenda. These efforts build on our accelerated progress in preventing cancer and complement our increasing ability to thwart the progression of cancer ...
The DCCPS senior leadership team is often described as dedicated and innovative. We pride ourselves not only in our dedication to cancer control, but also in our willingness to utilize unconventional ideas and approaches to accelerate progress in cancer research.
The Office of China Cancer Programs (OCCP) within the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) promotes, supports, and informs the development of cooperative research projects between U.S. and Chinese scientists, research teams, and institutions to accelerate progress against ...
The Cancer Control Program Review Group was convened in 1996 by NCI�s director and the chair of the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors to assess the scope of NCI�s cancer control research program and recommend changes aimed at accelerating reductions in the nation�s cancer burden. The ...
To achieve this end, NCI is spearheading an innovative platform of activities to enhance the full spectrum of cancer research and accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries in the laboratory into better treatments in the clinic.
Research article Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-?, carrying the activating mutation D849N, accelerates the establishment of B16 melanoma
Continued research is critical to build upon past improvements in mortality and morbidity from cancer. Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 address health research that affect cancer research in many positive and some potentially negative ways. The impact ...
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iThemba Laboratory for Accelerated Based Sciences is a multi-disciplinary research centre, operated by the National Research Foundation. It provides national accelerator and ancillary facilities for research and training in physical, biomedical, chemical and material sciences, ...
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The Cancer Genome Atlas is a comprehensive effort by NCI and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, such as large-scale genome sequencing.
Dramatic developments in technology and a more complete understanding of the causes and mechanisms of cancer will enable us to provide more effective ways to prevent the disease. Identifying critical molecular pathways of pre-cancers will provide new drug targets for preempting cancer. Transdisciplinary research ...
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The pace of biomedical research towards reducing the onset of disease is greatly accelerated when out-of-thebox approaches are used to develop a novel technology and tool. The National Cancer Institute's program for Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) continues to focus on supporting and stimulating investigator-initiated ...
John E. Niederhuber, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, will address the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009 in Denver Monday, April 20, 2009, during a Special Session. The talk will focus on opportunities to hasten our progress against ...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today launched a comprehensive effort to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, ...
Expand clinical trials. The pace of research in understanding cancer has accelerated in recent years, raising the need for an accessible, national cohort of cancer patients available to participate in clinical trials. However, only 3 percent of adults with cancer, and an even lower rate among ...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is inviting cooperative agreement applications from groups to become components of the NCI Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium. The purpose is to accelerate the pace at which mice with heritable malignancies that are accurate, reproducible models of human cancers are made ...
A new type of compact induction accelerator is under development at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that promises to increase the average accelerating gradient by at least an order of magnitude over that of existing induction machines. The machine is based on the use of high gradient vacuum insulators, advanced dielectric materials and switches ...
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The Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences is interested in accelerating the development and application of statistical methodologies for a broader audience of researchers than just statisticians. The support of development and widespread distribution of user-friendly, robust software and related documentation for ...
NIH Funds Eight New Grants Focused on Aging and Cancer With cancer death rates highest among people 65 years and older, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), both parts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are launching a new initiative to accelerate ...
At the Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center (WERC), we had constructed an accelerator system with a 5 MV tandem accelerator and a 200 MeV proton synchrotron. The tandem machine has 5 beam lines for the MeV order beam experiments. Also the tandem beam is injected to the synchrotron. The beam accelerated by the ...
The research into advanced acceleration concepts for electron linear accelerators being pursued at SLAC is reviewed. This research includes experiments in laser acceleration, plasma wakefield acceleration, and mmwavelength RF driven accelerators.
The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility houses three research accelerators (a 205-MeV cyclotron, a 240-MeV synchrotron, and a 500-MeV synchrotron) with space to carry out a program of fundamental and applied research including nuclear and accelerator ph...
Early Detection Research Network Completes Re-competition for Labs and Centers The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $11 million to complete funding for the next five years of research from the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN). EDRN brings together dozens ...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to accelerate the progress in molecular imaging as the basis for the extraordinary, non-invasive and quantitative analytical tools useful in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer as well as in the laboratory environment to interrogate biological pathways relevant to cancer. ...
Hypercalcemia is a not infrequent complication of cancer that every physician should be aware of. It is a significant factor in the morbidity and mortality of cancer patients. Almost invariably hypercalcemia is associated with accelerated resorption of bone, which is thought to be mediated by humoral or metabolic factors. Three such ...
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Radiation therapy with hadron beams now has a 40-year track record at many accelerator laboratories around the world, essentially all of these originally physics-research oriented. The great promise shown for treating cancer has led the medical community ...
The National Cancer Institute has awarded five cooperative agreements for transdisciplinary research projects to exploit findings from existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and accelerate new discoveries.
The first neutron beam was obtained in the Cancer Therapy Facility at Fermilab, and measurements of beam characteristics, mainly the determination of dose distributions, were begun. Beam requirements for medical research, beam transport, facility funding,...
Space Research May Accelerate Development of Flu-Fighting Drug ... including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, respiratory syncytial virus and hepatitis. ...
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded five cooperative agreements for transdisciplinary research projects to exploit findings from existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and accelerate new discoveries.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is committed to forging scientific partnerships with industry, academia and nonprofit organizations to accelerate the pace of medical research and the application of that knowledge to improve the Nation�s health.
We are saddened by the loss of Dr. Merrill Egorin, who passed away on August 7, 2010. His many contributions to the field of oncology will be remembered.
A rail accelerator was chosen for study as an electromagnetic space propulsion device because of its
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... Title : Accelerating Corporate Research in the Development, Application and Deployment of Human Language Technologies. ...
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The purpose of the ad hoc subcommittee is to advise the NCI�s Director and senior leadership on the development and application of biomedical technologies to cancer research, the nature and structure of centers and consortia (node) that integrate research, development and applications, and mechanisms that could facilitate the ...
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is seeking highly motivated applicants with strong industry or venture capital experience for positions within the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Development Center, a new start-up organization that manages more than $100 million in technology projects within the small business community to ...
Recovery Act funds enable NCI to move closer to its strategic vision of accelerating cancer research and advancing innovations that will make a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer. In keeping with the spirit of the Recovery Act, NCI has identified seven key objectives that present the greatest ...
Ray, thank you for the kind and generous introduction. This has been a great year for AACR. Your presidency has brought energy and vision to our beloved organization. We thank you and are most grateful for your time and many efforts to continue to enhance the mission of AACR in support of science. Congratulations on your outstanding presidency.
On behalf of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies Program (IMAT), the Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program (EGRP) announces the IMAT Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) have been reissued for 2009 and released in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The IMAT Program is aimed at stimulating and ...
Complete Cancer Control Listing | Archive | Research Overview | Scientific Results & Products DCCPS Domestic Research Grant Components in Foreign Institutions For 1R03CA137790-01A1 Grant Title: Development and Evaluation of Accelerated Hazards Mixture
IntroductionThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) sees provider-based research networks and other organizational linkages between academic researchers and community practitioners as promising vehicles for accelerating the translation of research into practice. This study examines whether organizational ...
The recent rapid acceleration of basic science is reshaping both our clinical research system and our health care delivery system. The pace and growing volume of medical discoveries are yielding exciting new opportunities, yet we continue to face old challenges to maintain research progress and effectively translate ...
The Accelerator Technology (AT) Division was formed on January 1, 1978, to consolidate groups and activities throughout the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL) involved in accelerator technology. The AT Division concentrates on the extension of state-of-the-art accelerators to contemporary and future applications, through basic ...
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... View Entire Document Email This Document Bookmark & Share Cancer Research Now: Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers Cancer researchers, advocates, and a cancer survivor introduce ...
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Novel drugs and treatment modalities are urgently needed to further improve survival of children with cancer. In medical oncology, an increased understanding of the molecular basis of cancer is driving the development of new drugs that target relevant signaling pathways in cancer cells and tumor microenvironment. Small-molecule ...
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A variety of particle accelerators have either potential or already demonstrated uses in connection with medically-related research, diagnosis, and treatment. For cancer radiotherapy, nuclear particles including protons, neutrons, heavy ions, and negative pi mesons have advantages compared to conventional radiations in terms of dose ...
Provide acceleration measurement systems that meet the requirements of the researchers on ... SAMS measures the acceleration environment in the 0.01 to ...
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As the pilot phase of the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) concludes its first of three years, each participating community hospital has taken steps to accelerate cancer research and raise the quality of care�and to do both with a special emphasis on minority and underserved patients. The 16 ...
With the accelerating pace of discoveries of human genetic variation, epigenetic, molecular, biochemical and cellular technologies for cancer care and prevention, there is an urgent need to develop clinical and population-level research, policy and practice processes to translate basic science discoveries into actions that reduce the ...
The goal of this proposal is to leverage the National Institute of Health�s (NIH) investment in three large trandisciplinary groups with the expertise and resources in breast cancer screening to accelerate research on the comparative effectiveness of film versus digital mammography screening in different subgroups of the U.S. ...
IntroductionPancreatic cancer (PC) is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in Australia and the fourth in the United States, yet research in PC is lagging behind that in other cancers associated with a high disease burden. In the absence of agreed processes to reliably identify research ...
A review is given of some of the new accelerator technologies with a special eye to the requirements which they generate for research and development. Some remarks are made concerning the organizational needs of accelerator research.
... Study of the Requirements for an Acceleration Facility for Bio-Engineering Research and the Feasibility of Establishing Such in the Atlanta Area. ...
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This subscription of current cancer research projects is a service of the International Cancer Research Data Bank (ICRDB) program of the National Cancer Institute. It is comprised of listings describing ongoing projects in one selected cancer research ...
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Cancer Centers Program - Purdue University Center for Cancer Research Map of Cancer Centers Center Addresses(text file) Cancer Center Profiles Home > Cancer Centers List > Purdue University Center for Cancer ...
Cancer Centers Program - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Map of Cancer Centers Center Addresses(text file) Cancer Center Profiles Home > Cancer Centers List > David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer ...
