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11. Turning Molecules into Medicine
(Posted: 02/14/2006) - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is committed to the discovery and development of new and effective therapies for cancer. As a result, about half of the drugs used to treat cancer today are due to NCI’s efforts. The Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP), within the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) is the drug development arm of NCI. Working with academic scientists, clinicians and commercial companies, DTP has contributed to the rapid development of drugs and therapies to improve cancer treatment.
12. Improving Cancer Survival by Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities
(Posted: 11/30/2005) - Reducing cancer health disparities is one of the key challenges for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In 1989, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, Louis Sullivan, M.D., organized the NCI Black Leadership Initiative, and formation of a Hispanic and Appalachian Leadership Initiative soon followed in 1992.
13. A New Understanding of Pain Management
(Posted: 11/02/2005) - Pain can be a harsh reality of cancer, whether the pain is related to a tumor or caused by treatment of the disease. Some studies show that 30 percent to 50 percent of patients undergoing active treatment for cancer and 70 percent of those with advanced stages of the disease experience significant levels of pain and may be reluctant to discuss their pain with their doctors.
14. Communicating About Cancer
(Posted: 10/05/2005) - When it comes to their health, people have distinctive ways of making decisions, understanding their individual risks, and carrying out recommended screening, treatment and follow-up regimens. Behavioral scientists are learning that in order to overcome the cognitive, emotional, and practical barriers to effective healthcare, doctors need to recognize their patients' individual information-processing styles and adjust their communication styles accordingly.
15. Lymphoma, Leukemia and Myeloma
(Posted: 06/22/2005) - Lymphoma is the fifth most common cancer in the United States and represents over forty
subtypes of cancers arising within the lymphatic system. The two most prevalent types are
Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Of the 63,700 estimated new cases of lymphoma in 2005,
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma accounts for about 88 percent of those cases.
16. Children and Cancer
(Posted: 04/26/2005) - In the United States, 11,900 children and adolescents under the age of 20 were diagnosed with cancer in 2001 and about 2,200 died of the disease.
17. Cancer Genetics in the 21st Century
(Posted: 02/23/2005) - The past decade has brought tremendous advances in genetics and molecular biology. In a short time, we have gone from sequencing the genome of a bacterium to sequencing the genome of a human.
18. Natural Products for Cancer
(Posted: 11/17/2004) - The lush tropical rainforests and colorful coral reefs of our planet have long been a source of promise in the fight against cancer and other diseases. And somewhere under that forest canopy or coral bed, one or more species in that mass may produce the next great cancer drug.
19. Cancer and the Environment
(Posted: 06/17/2004) - One of the hopeful messages from cancer research is that most of the cases of cancer are linked to environmental causes and, in principle, can be prevented. Together, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have recently published a new booklet titled "Cancer and the Environment," which focuses on the agents in the environment that cause cancer and what we can do to lower our cancer risk.
20. Striking a Healthy Energy Balance
(Posted: 01/30/2004, Updated: 03/31/2004) - At a time when nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is considered overweight or obese, compelling evidence suggests that excess body weight is a risk factor for many cancers.
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