• Director’s message



• Executive summary



• Highlights of progress
  • Preventing and Controlling Cancer
  • Detecting Cancer
  • Treating Cancer
  • Understanding Cancer and its Causes


• The 2003 NCI Budget Request
  • Budget History
  • Footnotes


• Scientific Priorities for Cancer Research — Extraordinary Opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Genes and the Environment
  • Cancer Imaging
  • Defining the Signatures of Cancer Cells: Detection, Diagnosis, and Therapy
  • Molecular Targets of Prevention and Treatment
  • Research on Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Cancers
  • Cancer Communications


• Infrastructure Needed for Cancer Research — NCI’s Challenge
  • Introduction
  • Enhancing Investigator-Initiated Research
  • Centers, Networks, and Consortia
  • National Clinical Trials Program in Treatment and Prevention
    • Stories of Discovery
  • Studying Emerging Trends in Cancer
  • Quality of Cancer Care
  • Reducing Cancer-Related Health Disparities
  • Informatics and Information Flow
  • Cancer Research Training and Career Development


• About NCI



• Who We Are
• NCI's Role in Cancer Research
• Spotlights on research
  • Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium
  • Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
  • Specialized Programs of Research Excellence
  • Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
• Thirty years later


• Planning National Agendas in Disease-Specific Research