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NCI-CONNECT Network for Rare CNS Tumors

NCI's Center for Cancer Research is fostering patient-advocacy-provider partnerships to improve the care and treatment of adults with rare brain and spine tumors.

Conceptual illustration of personal genomic data.

Patients Discuss Use of Genomic Data in Cancer Care

Workshop participants discussed data sharing, privacy, and other issues.

Conceptual illustration of risk of pancreatic cancer among people with new onset diabetes.

Division of Cancer Prevention Blog: Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer

NCI has launched a study of people newly diagnosed with diabetes because they are at increased risk of pancreatic cancer.

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SEER: Tracking Cancer & Survivorship Trends

NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program provides information on cancer statistics that underpins efforts to reduce the cancer burden among the U.S. population.

The RAS Initiative

NCI's RAS Initiative explores innovative approaches for attacking the proteins encoded by mutant forms of the KRAS gene.

Spotlight on Scientists Videos

NCI scientists, from postdoctoral fellows to principal investigators, discuss various topics including their personal backgrounds, how they came to be in the field of cancer research, their current projects, and a look to the future of medical oncology.