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Featured News and Research
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Immunotherapy Improves Bladder Cancer Treatment
Patients with high-risk bladder cancer benefited from pembrolizumab after surgery.
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Study Links Neighborhood Environment and Prostate Cancer Risk
For men with West African ancestry, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with higher prostate cancer risk.
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Study Identifies Hundreds of Cancer Drug Targets
The study, which used data from NCI’s CPTAC, may fuel development of new cancer drugs.
Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI)
CCDI addresses the critical need to collect, analyze, and share childhood cancer data.
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Each year, NCI prepares a plan for advancing cancer research and proposes the budget required to fund a broad research portfolio.
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