• Director’s message


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  • Executive summary


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  • Highlights of progress


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  • How it All Comes Together


    •  2004 Budget Request
  • Funding needed to conduct our research program
  • Historical data


    • Building the Nation's Cancer Research Capacity
  • Enhancing investigator-initiated research
  • Centers, networks, and consortia
  • National clinical trials program
  • Informatics and information flow


    • The Interface of Aging and Cancer

    Progress Reports
  • Research Training and Career Development
  • Studying Emerging Trends in Cancer


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    • Acknowledgements

    		 Advancing Discovery and Its Application
  • Genes and the environment
  • Signatures of the cancer cell and its microenvironment
  • Molecular targets
  • Cancer imaging and molecular sensing
  • Cancer communications


    • Addressing Areas of Public Health Emphasis
  • Improving the quality of care
  • Reducing health disparities
  • Survivorship
  • Tobacco and tobacco-related cancer research


    • Stories & Spotlights on Research
  • Harnessing Apoptosis
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers
  • Drug Discovery and Development: A Life Saving Investment
  • Genes & Proteins: Profiles of Hope

    About NCI
  • Who we are
  • Our role in cancer research


    • National Agendas in Disease-Specific Research
  • Response and communication
  • Highlights of Progress Review Group recommendations
  • Assessing the impact...


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    When I look into the eyes of a patient losing the battle with cancer, I say to myself, "It doesn't have to be this way."
    Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D.
    Director, National Cancer Institute
    physician, cancer survivor

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