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December 2, 2008 • Volume 5 / Number 24 E-Mail This Document  |  Download PDF  |  Bulletin Archive/Search  |  Subscribe


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Director's Update
Advances in Imaging Reveal New and Better Ways to Fight Cancer

Featured Article
Clinic Will Speed Drug Development

A Conversation with
Dr. Sriram Subramaniam


Aiming for Greater Benefit, CIP Supports Higher Risk Research

"Road Testing" New Imaging Technology

Assessing the Radiation Risks of Imaging Procedures

An Integrative Approach to Cancer Imaging

NCI Helps Bring Cancer Imaging Products to Market

Showcasing CCR's Technology Advances

Additional Resources

U.S. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Drop

Cancer Research Highlights
Tumor Environment Linked to Survival in Lymphoma

After Menopause, Weight Affects Breast Cancer Rates More than Mammography Use

Breast Cancer Family History Boosts Risk, Even without BRCA Mutations

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Additional Resources

For Researchers and Industry

DCTD's Cancer Imaging Program lists research funding at http://imaging.cancer.gov/
researchfunding
, and can be reached by phone at 301-496-9531.

A summary of CCR cancer imaging initiatives can be found at http://ccr.nci.nih.gov/initiatives/
imaging.asp
, or requested by phone at 301-496-4345.

NCI's Clinical Therapeutics Evaluation Program funds clinical trials and basic research. More information is available at http://ctep.info.nih.gov, and by e-mail at info@ctep.nci.nih.gov.

The National Cancer Imaging Archive provides images that support research and product development. More information is at http://ncia.nci.nih.gov, and staff can be contacted through ncicb@pop.nci.nih.gov.

DCB's Integrative Cancer Biology Program offers researchers from outside the realm of biology a chance to be involved in cancer research. More information is at http://icbp.nci.nih.gov, or by phone at 301-594-8797.

The Office of Technology and Industrial Relations can be reached at http://otir.cancer.gov/ and 301-496-1550, or OTIR@mail.nih.gov.

For Clinicians

A list of imaging clinical trials and related resources is at http://imaging.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/

Background information on cancer imaging is available through the Physician Data Query (PDQ) at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/
pdq/screening/overview/healthprofessional
.

Research on screening practices is underway through the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, described at http://healthservices.cancer.gov/
areas/screening.html
.

NCI has developed a screening tool for clinicians, CancerSPACE, available online at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cancerspace.

For Patients

An explanation of cancer imaging methods is available through the Cancer Imaging Program Web site at http://imaging.cancer.gov/
imaginginformation/cancerimaging
.

The PDQ also lists information about cancer screening, which can include imaging, in formats that are easy for patients to understand. These can be found at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/
pdq/screening
.

Patients who are looking for cancer imaging clinical trials can find background information through the Cancer Imaging Program at http://imaging.cancer.gov/
imaginginformation/CancerImagingClinicalTrials
, and search an online database of trials at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search, or by contacting the NCI Cancer information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.

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