Stories of Discovery
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) supports research that drives progress in cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. This includes a broad range of research, from basic research into the biology shared by all kinds of cancers to research into how doctors can best communicate with patients to optimize health care.
Cancer is not just one disease but many diseases. There are more than 100 different types of cancer. This collection of Stories of Discovery portrays how NCI's role in cancer research has led to landmark developments in cancer prevention and treatment, improved the lives of those fighting cancer, and continues to create hope for tomorrow.
Prevention and Detection
- Planning for the Future—How NCI Gives Cancer Survivors Hope for a Family
- A Story of Discovery: Colorectal Cancer Screening Leads to Better Outcomes
- NCI’s SEER Program Harnesses Cancer Data for Discovery
- Quitlines and the Expansion of Smoking Cessation Support
- TARGET Initiatives Leading the Way to New and Exciting Discoveries in Childhood Cancers
- Lung Cancer Screening Saves Lives: The National Lung Screening Trial
- Preventing Cervical Cancer: The Discovery of HPV Vaccines
- Preventing Stomach Cancer: The Link to H. pylori Bacteria
- Helping to Prevent Skin Cancer: The Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool and ABC Method
- Enhancing Breast and Ovarian Cancer Care: The Discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2
Cancer Treatment
- A Story of Discovery: Natural Compound Helps Treat Breast and Ovarian Cancers
- A Story of Discovery: Gleevec Transforms Cancer Treatment for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- New Tool Helps Fight Pancreatic Cancer - The KRAS Mouse Model
- A Story of Discovery: HER2’s Genetic Link to Breast Cancer Spurs Development of New Treatments
- Velcade®: A New Tool in the Fight against Multiple Myeloma
- The Discovery of Cisplatin and Other Platinum-based Treatments for Testicular and Other Cancers
- Treatment of Solid Tumor Cancers with the Chemotherapy Drug Methotrexate
- Relieving Oral Mucositis, a Serious Side Effect of Cancer Treatment: The Discovery of Palifermin
- Using the Immune System in the Fight Against Cancer: Discovery of Rituximab
- Harnessing the Power of Our Immune Systems to Treat Neuroblastoma: Discovery of ch14.18 Immunotherapy
- Targeted Treatments for a Type of Pancreatic Cancer: Rapamycin and Other mTOR Inhibitors