On Jan. 12, 2016, a consortium of industry, government, and academia announced the launch of the Cancer MoonShot…
On Jul. 30, 2015, Baylor Cancer Center received comprehensive designation from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Center…
On Jul. 10, 2015, the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center became an National…
On Jul. 7, 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded the Siteman Cancer Center​ at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and…
On Mar. 25, 2015, the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center was designated a Cancer Center of Excellence by the…
On Aug. 5, 2014, the genome sequence of the common cat was published in GigaScience. The DNA of…
On Oct. 30, 2013, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care signed an agreement that created the…
On Jul. 12, 2013. the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (MCC) was joined by national, state and…
On Jul. 12, 2012 the University of Kansas Cancer Center earned National Cancer Institute designation. Through efforts initially…
In 2012, The UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center received NCI comprehensive cancer designation. The center is a matrix…
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
On Sept. 2, 2011, the Monroe Cancer Center opened as a joint venture between Karmanos Cancer Institute, Mercy…
On Mar. 5, 2010, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that it had awarded the Siteman Cancer Center…
On April 29, 2009, the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University received its National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation….
On Mar. 2, 2009, the Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. Hollings’ mission is…
In Mar. 2009, Emory University’s Chemical Biology Discovery Center became part of the NCI Chemical Biology Consortium (CBC),…
On Feb. 10, 2008, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers reported that a set of genetic variations in at…
In 2008, the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCC) received NCI designation, a…
In 2008, the St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital received National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprehensive center designation. St.ï¾ Jude Children’s…
on Oct. 15, 2007, the annual report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) showed that cancer death rates…
On Oct. 2, 2007, the National Cancer Institute held a symposium to showcase several important historic achievements in…
On Sept. 23, 2007, the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) was awarded “cancer center” designation from the National Cancer…
On Sept. 10, 2007, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) awarded a five-year, $12.5 million Specialized Program of Research…
On Jun. 14, 2007, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched the 3-year pilot phase of a new program…
On Apr. 1, 2007, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers reported that a variation in a portion of DNA…
In 2007, the U.S. Congress declared May National Cancer Control Month, an opportunity to educate all Americans about…
On Oct. 16, 2006, the Cancer Genome Atlas program, created by National Cancer Institute and the National Human…
On Sept. 1, 2006, National Cancer Institute researchers developed a new model for estimating the 5-year risk of…
On Aug. 16, 2006, President Bush announced that he intended to appoint John E. Niederhuber, M.D., to be…
On Jun. 8, 2006, the FDA approved the vaccine Gardasil, which protects against persistent infection by the two…