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Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., Begins Tenure as Director of NCI

The cancer surgeon is the institute’s 16th director and the first woman to hold the position.
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NCI Annual Plan & Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2024

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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NCI Equity and Inclusion Program

Learn how NCI will help end structural racism in biomedical research and why the program was launched.
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Discovering Drivers of Childhood Cancer

Learn about the progress from Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier's lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, which is targeting the EWS-FLI oncoprotein, one of the fusion oncoproteins that drive childhood cancers.

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