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Groundbreaking Public-Private Collaboration Combines Personalized Medicine and Novel Trial Design to Develop Potentially Life Saving New Breast Cancer Drugs

Today, March 17, 2010, leaders from the academic research community, members of congress, including Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), and leaders from government agencies, including Dr. Janet Woodcock from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Anna Barker from The National Cancer Institute (NCI), joined
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FDA and NIH Collaboration Aims to Speed New Treatments to Patients

On February 23rd, FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced an initiative designed to accelerate the process to get scientific breakthroughs to patients.
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THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL

On February 22, 2010, President Obama put forward his Health Care Reform proposal to the American People. Click here to read the administrations proposal.

Recovery Act Updates from NCI

New Features on NCI Recovery Act Web Site

http://www.cancer.gov/recovery

The National Cancer Institute invites you to learn about the exciting services and research that