In 2001, The J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank at the Karmanos Cancer Institute was founded as a…
In 2001, the Stephenson Cancer Center was established. Located on the University of Oklahoma (OU) Health Sciences Center…
In 2001, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) earned the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) highest distinction as a Comprehensive…
On Dec. 3, 2000, the National Cancer Institute announced it had established the Center to Reduce Cancer Health…
In 2000, the Holden Cancer Center at University of Iowa received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center designation. The…
In 1999, The Indiana University (IU) Cancer Center became an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center. Its mission…
In 1999, the Eppley Cancer Center became a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center. NCI grant funding…
In 1999, University of California at San Francisco Cancer Research Institute received NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation. The…
On Sept. 14, 1998, researchers from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT) published a full report and update…
In 1998, National Cancer Institute (NCI)Â awarded the City of Hope Cancer Center NCI-comprehensive cancer center designation. City…
In 1998, The Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $5 million gift from local philanthropist Henrietta Lee which…
In 1998, Cancer incidence rates showed first sustained decline since the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began keeping records…
In 1998, Tamoxifen, created with the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line established by Karmanos, was revealed to reduce…
In 1998, The Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) was recognized as an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer…
On Nov. 6, 1997, the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group was established to advise and provide…
On Jul. 23, 1997, Richard D. Klausner, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced the creation…
In March 1997, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its recommended mammography screening interval for women ages 40-49…
In 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Chinese scientists found that occupational exposure to benzene is associated…
In 1997, the the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) gained NCI designated…
In 1997, the University of Colorado Cancer Center (CU) at the Anschutz Medical Campus received National Cancer Institute…
In 1997, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University received its National Cance Institute ‘comprehensive’…
In 1997, the Oregon Cancer Center was established with a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of…
In 1997, the Huntsman Cancer Institute received National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) designation. In 1995, the Center earned…
In 1996, The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Liaison Activities was established when Eleanor Nealon created the…
In 1996, the American Cancer Society reported that the overall age-adjusted cancer mortality rate declined in each succeeding…
In 1996, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UH) received National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designation. The Center’s mission is…
In 1996, the University of Maryland Cancer Center was renamed Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. In…
In 1996, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Johns Hopkins University received National Cancer Institutes (NCI). The…
On Aug. 1, 1985, Richard D. Klausner became the eleventh director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Jul. 30, 1995, Peter Karmanos generously gave a large donation to the cancer research, patient care and…