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Last Updated: 04/25/2012

2008 News

Advances in Imaging Reveal New and Better Ways to Fight Cancer

Posted: 12/02/08

High Dose Chemotherapy Significantly Prolongs Survival for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Posted: 11/17/08

Lung Cancer and Erlotinib: Which Patients Benefit?

Posted: 10/21/08

More Information: Press Release

Dr. Davis Named DTP Branch Chief

Posted: 10/21/08

No Survival Benefit from Adjuvant Chemo in Stage 1B NSCLC

Posted: 10/07/08

Dr. LoRusso Receives Michaele C. Christian Lectureship

Posted: 10/07/08

NCI Launches First-Ever Study to Determine if Biomarkers Can Help Guide Treatment for Lung Cancer

Posted: 10/01/08

Virtual Colonoscopy Identifies Large Polyps

Posted: 09/23/08

Most Cancer Clinical Trials Go Unpublished

Posted: 09/23/08

New Clinical Trial Reporting Requirements Coming in 2009

Posted: 09/23/08

Large, Multi-Center Trial Demonstrates Comparable Accuracy for Virtual Colonoscopy and Standard Colonoscopy

Posted: 09/17/08

Clinical Trials Participants Honored

Posted: 09/09/08

NCI Cancer Bulletin Special Issue-Drug Development

Posted: 08/19/08

Gene Signatures May Help Predict Lung Cancer Survival

Posted: 08/05/08

Drs. Abrams and Tatum Appointed to DCTD Leadership Positions

Posted: 08/05/08

NCI Science Writers' Seminar on Private-Public Partnerships in Cancer Research

Posted: 07/28/08

Developing a Clinical Trials System for 21st Century Science

Posted: 07/22/08

Workshop Opens Dialogue on Cancer Clinical Trials

Posted: 07/08/08

Dr. Sheila Taube Retires

Posted: 07/08/08

Sparing Patients Treatments They Don't Need

Posted: 06/24/08

Colorectal Cancer Drugs Require Careful Patient Selection

Posted: 06/10/08

New Method Proposed for Determining Which Patients Should Get Treatment for Colorectal Cancer

Posted: 05/16/08

The Future of Cancer Research: What's at Stake

Posted: 05/13/08

Mammography Plus Breast Ultrasound Yields Mixed Results

Posted: 05/13/08

New Treatment Bubbles Up from Old Imaging Technology

Posted: 05/13/08

Progression-free Survival: Patient Benefit or Lower Standard?

Posted: 05/13/08

Cisplatin No Better than Standard Therapy for Anal Canal Cancer

Posted: 04/29/08

Dr. Casadei Named CTEP Branch Chief

Posted: 04/29/08

At AACR, New Science and an Important Dialogue

Posted: 04/15/08

Managing Bone Metastases: Can Radiopharmaceuticals Help?

Posted: 04/01/08

NCI Cancer Bulletin Special Issue on Pediatric Cancer

Posted: 03/18/08

Delayed Letrozole Therapy After Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrence

Posted: 03/18/08

ALTTO Trial Seeks to Define Best Therapy for HER2 Breast Cancer

Posted: 03/04/08

More Information: Press Release

Bevacizumab Approved for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted: 03/04/08

Two Drugs and One Target: Women with HER2+ Breast Cancer

Posted: 02/29/08

Cooperative Groups Help Advance Cancer Research

Posted: 02/29/08

SPOREs Move to DCTD to Strengthen Program, Vision

Posted: 02/19/08

Experimental Drug for Osteosarcoma Improves Overall Survival

Posted: 02/19/08

Navigating Access to Investigational Drugs

Posted: 02/19/08

A Kinder Cut: Advances in Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer

Posted: 01/08/08