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Collaboration and Team Science Field GUide

Collaboration and Team Science: A Field Guide

This newly updated field guide from NCI provides insight into the practices of conducting collaborative work.

A factoid explaining that NCI-MATCH is enrolling patients in nearly 40 treatment arms at nearly 1,100 centers.

NCI-MATCH: More Labs, New Arms, and Initial Findings

An update on the largest precision medicine trial of its kind.

Cancer Diagnosis Research

NCI supports research on the development of tests and imaging technologies vital to progress against cancer.

Your Guide to NCI Research

NCI Research Areas

Key Initiatives & Progress

NCI's Role in Cancer Research

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How can we help patients with cancer quit tobacco? NCI's Cancer Center Cessation Initiative, launched in 2017 as part of the Cancer Moonshot℠, aims to advance tobacco cessation efforts in cancer centers across the country.

The RAS Initiative

NCI established the RAS Initiative to explore innovative approaches for attacking the proteins encoded by mutant forms of the KRAS gene and to ultimately create effective, new therapies.

Video Stories

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.