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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1
Meet the New NCI Director

Reported by Michael Miller
January 22, 2002

You are the 12th National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director in its 64 year history. Is there anything you'd like to say by way of an introductory statement?

Dr. von Eschenbach: I am extremely honored and excited to accept this important role. My approach and attitude coming to this position is not that of 'I have an agenda and I've decided what all the answers are going to be.' Just the opposite is true...


Meet the New NCI Director

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Biosketch for Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach

Reported by Michael Miller
January 22, 2002

Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., the 12th Director of the National Cancer Institute in its 64 year history, is a nationally recognized urologic surgeon who formerly directed the Genitourinary Cancer Center and the Prostate Cancer Research Program at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He also served as special assistant for external affairs...


Biosketch for Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach

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