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CANCER INFORMATION

CancerNet

® has been fully integrated into the Cancer.gov Cancer Informat

Types of Cancer

cancer.gov/cancerinformation/

cancertype

Support and Resources

cancer.gov/cancerinformation/

support

PDQ® (Physician Data Query)

cancer.gov/cancerinformation/pdq

Aggregated information on more tha

cancer, including facts about treatme

prevention, statistics, coping with si

clinical trials, and more.

Support for cancer patients and care

including information on finances, in

survivorship, home care, and hospic

Current, peer-reviewed, evidence-ba

information summaries about cance

screening, prevention, genetics, sup

and complementary and alternative m

a clinical trials directory, presented i

patients and health professionals.

Cancer Information Service

(CIS)

1-800-4-CANCER

(1-800-422-6237)

cancer.gov/cis

CancerNet

® Search Service

cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_6.htm

Toll-free telephone service that provid

questions about cancer, smoking ces

assistance, and NCI publications. Re

calls in English and Spanish. Monday

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. local time.

Customized searches from the PDQ® 

CANCERLIT® databases through a to

telephone service, e-mail, or fax.

INFORMATION PRODUCTS & RESOURCES
CANCERLIT®

cancer.gov/search/cancerliterature

NCI Publications Locator

cancer.gov/publications

NewsCenter

newscenter.cancer.gov

NCI Calendar of Scientific Meetings

calendar.cancer.gov

Searchable cancer literature bibl

database, updated monthly.

NCI publications and education 

available to view or order online

Provides up-to-the-minute NCI p

and background materials on re

advances of interest to the medi

Searchable calendar of cancer-re

meetings and events sponsored 

well as other scientific organizat

Search for Clinical Trials

cancer.gov/search/clinicaltrials

Conducting Clinical Trials

cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/conducting

Cancer Clinical Trials: A New

National System

cancer.gov/common/popups/

popNationalSystem.htm

Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program

(CTEP)

ctep.cancer.gov

Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU)

www.ctsu.org

Community Clinical Oncology

Program (CCOP)

cancer.gov/prevention/ccop/

Searchable database (PDQ®) for 

cancer clinical trials.

Resources for new and experien

investigators, including instructi

clinical trials with PDQ®.

Descriptions of NCI initiatives to 

more accessible, efficient, and o

innovation.

Resources for research institutio

physicians, and investigators wh

promising anticancer treatments

Pilot project sponsored by the N

support of a national network of 

participate in NCI-sponsored ph

treatment trials.

Program to link community phy

approved cancer prevention, tre

control clinical trials.

CLINICAL TRIALS

cancerTrials® has been fully integrated into the Cancer.gov Clinical Trials 
Educational Resources

cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources

Human Participant Protections

Education for Research Teams

cme.cancer.gov

Courses and publications on topi

human subject protection and cli

professionals and patients.

Web-based continuing medical e

(CME) course. Provides human 

protection information and certifi

Authoritative source of informatio

cancer incidence and survival.

Interactive maps, graphs (access

visually-impaired), text, tables, an

showing geographic patterns and 

cancer death rates from 1950-19

than 40 cancers.

Surveillance, Epidemiology,

and End Results (SEER)

seer.cancer.gov

Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs

cancer.gov/atlasplus

STATISTICS

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

The NCI’s most recent plan and b

proposal, “The Nation’s Investme

Research” (Fiscal Year 2003).

Current “Extraordinary Opportuni

research and related initiatives.

Searchable database of funded gr

contract awards. Updated month

organized by type of cancer and t

research.

Program that supports research 

development of imaging method

and contrast agents for detectio

and image-guided therapy of ca

NCI Plans and Priorities for

Cancer Research

plan.cancer.gov

NCI Initiatives

Extraordinary Opportunities

cancer.gov/initiatives

Cancer Research Portfolio

researchportfolio.cancer.gov

Biomedical Imaging Program

(BIP)

cancer.gov/bip/
NCI Center for Bioinformatics

(NCICB)

ncicb.nci.nih.gov

Center to Reduce Cancer Health

Disparities (CRCHD)

crchd.nci.nih.gov

Developmental Therapeutics

Program (DTP)

dtp.nci.nih.gov

Office of Cancer Complementary

and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)

cancer.gov/occam/

Cancer Survivorship Research

survivorship.cancer.gov

Office of Technology and Industrial

Relations (OTIR)

otir.cancer.gov

Technology Transfer Branch (TTB)

ttb.cancer.gov

Cancer Centers Program

cancer.gov/cancercenters/

radiation on normal tissue, and 

combination of radiotherapy an

therapies.

Develops infrastructure compo

tools to aid information manag

integration of NCI supported re

initiatives.

Center that coordinates the NC

to understand the causes of he

disparities, and develop and in

effective interventions to elimin

The drug discovery and develo

of the NCI. Source for Web-ba

and tools, vialed and plated co

tumor cells, animals, and Inves

New Drug (IND)-directed studi

Office that coordinates the NCI

complementary and alternative 

research and information activ

Funding information, current r

summaries, and resources suc

cancer survivor prevalence sta

post-treatment resources for c

survivors.

Point of contact for the develo

new technologies and scientific

collaboration between the NCI 

private sector.

Point of contact for collaborati

agreements with industry and 

for the commercialization of N

developed technologies.

Supports major academic and 

institutions throughout the U.S

broad based, coordinated,

interdisciplinary programs in c

research.
NCI Research Resources

cancer.gov/resources

Cooperative Breast Cancer Tissue

Resource (CBCTR) Database

www.cbctr.ims.nci.nih.gov

Tissue Array Research Program

(TARP)

cancer.gov/tarp

Specimen Resource Locator

cancer.gov/specimens

Mouse Models of Human Cancers

Consortium (MMHCC)

emice.nci.nih.gov

Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

(CGAP)

cgap.nci.nih.gov

Cancer Family Registries (CFRs)

epi.grants.cancer.gov/CFR

Searchable database of labor

tools, reagents, services, and 

to many other available NCI r

Source for primary breast ca

specimens and their associat

pathologic and clinical inform

Source for multi-tumor tissu

microarray slides with 500 sa

normal and cancerous tissue 

performing high-throughput

screening.

Database of sources for norm

benign, pre-cancerous and c

human tissue specimens for 

research.

Resources and information fo

application of mouse models 

research, including organ site 

genetic and biologic pathway

databases, learning tools, an

applications.

Database of human and mou

genomic sequences, includin

expressed sequence tags, ge

expression patterns, and sing

nuclear polymorphisms. Info

tools to query and analyze da

Resources for population and 

based interdisciplinary resea

focus on the genetic and mo

epidemiology of breast, ovar

colon cancer.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

prevention, detection, diagno

treatment and control.
Funding Announcements

cancer.gov/researchfunding/

announcements

Scientific Programs and Contact

Persons

cancer.gov/researchfunding/

scientificprograms

Research grant and contract fu

opportunities from the NCI (inc

RFAs, PAs, RFPs, SBIR, and ST

NCI staff to contact about gran

applications and funding oppo

organized by research program 

TRAINING

Information for investigators, pr

postdoctoral candidates, and jun

faculty independent researchers

Information for postdoctoral stu

looking for fellowships at the NC

identifies training, referral, caree

development, and transition awa

NCI fellows.

International research and traini

opportunities, including scientis

exchange programs.

Current training opportunities a

Training and research grants,

fellowships, and other opportu

internationals through NIH and 

sources.

Cancer Research Training,

Career Development, and

Education Opportunities

cancertraining.nci.nih.gov

The Fellowship Office of NCI

fellowship.cancer.gov

NCI Office of International Affairs

(OIA)

cancer.gov/aboutnci/oia

NIH Research Training

Opportunities

grants.nih.gov/training

NIH Fogarty International Center

Programs and Initiatives

www.nih.gov/fic/programs.html

pp, p

guidelines and descriptions, and 

guide to preparing grant applica

Research funding opportunities 

by type of cancer and type of re

and other research funding info

pp

deainfo.nci.nih.gov/funding.htm

Cancer Research Initiatives

cri.cancer.gov
Activities

cancer.gov/legis/

Advisory Boards and Groups

deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/

boards.htm

Liaison Activities

la.cancer.gov

Consumer Advocates in Research

and Related Activities (CARRA)

la.cancer.gov/CARRA

legislative interest, including

congressional committees, he

and legislation.

Chartered Federal advisory co

that provide formal advice and

assistance on a broad range o

affecting NCI policies and pro

Resources for fostering

communications and relations

the cancer advocacy commun

professional societies, and fed

agencies and for offering opp

for involvement with the NCI.

Program that encourages peo

affected by cancer to provide 

viewpoints to NCI staff for

incorporation into NCI progra

activities.

WORKING AT NCI

Employment, internship, fellow

postdoctoral, and advocacy op

at the NCI.

NCI postdoctoral fellowships, i

administrative, and assistant/te

positions information and onlin

application site.

Current employment opportun

Working at NCI

cancer.gov/aboutnci/working

Office of Diversity and Employment

Programs

StarCatcher Resume System

generalemployment.nci.nih.gov

CareerHere

careerhere.nih.gov
Division of Cancer Biology (DCB)

www.cancer.gov/dcb/dcbhom.htm

Division of Cancer Control

and Population Sciences (DCCPS)

cancercontrol.cancer.gov

Division of Cancer Epidemiology

and Genetics (DCEG)

dceg.cancer.gov

Division of Cancer Prevention

(DCP)

cancer.gov/prevention

Division of Cancer Treatment

and Diagnosis (DCTD)

cancer.gov/dctd

Division of Extramural Activities

(DEA)

deainfo.nci.nih.gov

NCI at Frederick

web.ncifcrf.gov

NCI Organization Charts

and Function Statements

cancer.gov/mab/orgchart.htm

provides patient care in a rese

setting.

Supports basic and applied res

cancer cell biology, including re

carcinogenesis and cancer imm

Conducts and supports genetic

epidemiologic, behavioral, soci

surveillance cancer research to 

cancer risk, incidence, and deat

enhance cancer survivorship.

Conducts population-based res

environmental and genetic dete

cancer.

Plans, directs, and supports ca

prevention and early detection 

Supports research in biomedica

cancer diagnosis, cancer therap

evaluation, developmental thera

radiation, and biometrics.

Coordinates the scientific review 

extramural research before fund

provides systematic surveillanc

awards are made.

Directs research aimed at explo

causes of cancer, AIDS, and rel

diseases.

Provides NCI organization char

function statements.