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NCI Pursues Vaccines to Prevent and Treat Cancer
How immune cells are activated to attack foreign invaders While vaccines to prevent infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, and polio have been available for decades, prevention vaccines for cancer...
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Cancer Vaccine Primer
How immune cells are activated to attack foreign invaders Key Points Cancer vaccines are intended either to treat existing cancers (therapeutic vaccines) or to prevent the development of cancer...
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Turning Molecules into Medicine; The Role of the National Cancer Institute’s...
Diagram of arteriole and cells The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is committed to the discovery and development of new and effective therapies for cancer. As a result, about half of the drugs used to...
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Translational Science: Bridging the Gap
Diagram of arteriole and cells Scientific discoveries typically begin at the bench, with basic research through the study of diseases at a molecular or cellular level, then progress to the clinical...
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Colorectal Cancer Treatment Options
Credit: NCI, Bill Branson (Photographer) Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in both men and women and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United...
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Crystal Mackall, M.D., from the Pediatric Oncology Branch in NCI’s Center for Cancer Research, discusses research into pediatric cancers: how they differ from adult cancers, unique challenges, and the...
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