2017 News Releases

Norman Sharpless sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute

• October 18, 2017

NCI-funded TMIST study compares 2-D and 3-D mammography for finding breast cancers

• September 26, 2017

NCI’s Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller to receive 2017 Lasker Award

• September 6, 2017

NCI study identifies essential genes for cancer immunotherapy

• August 7, 2017

NCI study shows feasibility of cancer screening protocol for patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome

• August 3, 2017

NCI-COG Pediatric MATCH trial to test targeted drugs in childhood cancers

• July 24, 2017

TCGA study of liver cancer reveals potential targets for therapy

• June 15, 2017

Study estimates number of U.S. women living with metastatic breast cancer

• May 18, 2017

Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer death rates continue to decline

• March 31, 2017

NCI launches study of African-American cancer survivors

• February 27, 2017

Study finds premature death rates diverge in the United States by race and ethnicity

• January 25, 2017

TCGA study identifies genomic features of cervical cancer

• January 23, 2017

New Drug Formulary Will Help Expedite Use of Agents in Clinical Trials

• January 11, 2017