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Understanding Cancer SeriesDecember 20, 2007
Benchmarks had an opportunity to sit down with Richard Love, M.D., a pioneer in the field of international breast cancer clinical trials. Love holds appointments with the National Cancer Institute and Ohio State University, and is Scientific Director of the International Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Love is currently involved in research collaborations in the United States, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Bangladesh, and Nigeria.
May 14, 2002
An estimated 555, 500 Americans are expected to die of cancer in 2002. While cancer affects people of all racial and ethnic groups, it does not affect all groups equally.
May 14, 2002
Each year, the NCI, along with various other health organizations, compile a report that statistically assess the nation’s progress in the war against cancer. This year, the report focuses on how an aging population could lead to a doubling of the burden of cancer in the United States by 2050. The report also examines current incidence, mortality and survival trends. Because a number of changes occurred this year in the way that statistics were assembled and reported, BenchMarks talked with two of the NCI authors to get a better handle on what these changes mean for cancer in this country.