2019 News Releases

Immunotherapy drug improves outcomes for some children with relapsed leukemia

• December 10, 2019

Study quantifies impact of NCI-sponsored trials on clinical cancer care

• September 18, 2019

NCI study finds long-term increased risk of cancer death following common treatment for hyperthyroidism

• July 1, 2019

Annual Report to the Nation: Overall cancer mortality continues to decline; Special section on adults ages 20 to 49 shows higher cancer incidence and mortality for women than men

• May 30, 2019

Study shows incidence rates of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer rising

• May 22, 2019

Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy

• March 28, 2019

Szent-Györgyi Prize to honor NCI’s Steven A. Rosenberg

• February 12, 2019

AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer

• January 10, 2019

BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to inform understanding of cancer risk

• January 9, 2019