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2015 News

• Posted: 11/24/2015
  Cancer Diagnosis Program Offers an Educational Video on Cancer Treatment and Tissue Donation
• Posted: 11/10/2015
  DCTD Researchers Presented Data at the International Conference on Molecular Targets & Cancer Therapeutics (Nov 5-9, 2015; Boston, MA)
• Posted: 10/30/2015
  New Assay Detects Drug-induced Cell Death
  in Tumor Biopsies — A Potential Guide for Treatment Decisions
• Posted: 09/09/2015
  NCI Initiates Pediatric Preclinical Testing Consortium
• Posted: 08/24/2015
  NCI-MATCH Trial Is Now Enrolling Patients
• Posted: 06/01/2015
  NCI-MATCH Trial will Link Targeted Cancer Drugs to Gene Abnormalities

2014 News

• Posted: 06/02/2014
  An Overview of NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network
• Posted: 04/10/2014
  An Open Letter to the Cancer Community Regarding Community Clinical Trials

2013

• NCI’s Clinical Trials Cooperative Groups National Meeting Reports (2007-2013)
• Posted: 01/08/2013
  NCI Central Institutional Review Board Receives Accreditation
• Posted: 12/11/12
  Ten Years of Tamoxifen Reduces Breast Cancer Recurrences, Improves Survival (The ATLAS Trial)
• Posted: 11/02/12
  Study Urges Caution on Source of Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplants
• Posted: 11/02/12
  Imatinib May Help Treat Aggressive Lymphoma
• Posted: 11/02/12
  Treatment Options for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Expand and Evolve

2012

• Posted: 02/17/17
  2012 DCTD Accomplishments Book
• Posted: 11/02/12
  Adding Chemotherapy to Radiation Improves Survival for Some Patients with Rare Brain Cancer
• Posted: 11/02/12
  Building a Biobank to Explore Mysteries of the Genome
• Posted: 09/07/12
  Genome Study Points to Treatment for High-Risk Form of Childhood Leukemia
• Posted: 09/07/12
  Gene in Stem Cell Donors May Decrease Relapse Risk in Leukemia Patients
• Posted: 07/27/12
  Some Children with Hodgkin Lymphoma May Not Need Radiation Therapy
• Posted: 07/27/12
  Testing Combination Therapy Could Reveal Clues to Biology of Pancreatic Cancer
• Posted: 04/24/12
  More Chemotherapy May Help after Initial Treatment for Childhood Leukemia Fails
• Posted: 03/29/12
  FDA Acts to Bolster Supply of Critical Cancer Drugs
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Clinical Trials Network Aims to Strengthen Cancer Immunotherapy Pipeline
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Genetic abnormality predicts benefit from treatment for a rare brain tumor
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Studies Highlight Complexities of Treating Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Clinical Trials Point to New Options for Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Experimental Drug Improves Survival in Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Panel Endorses Active Monitoring and Delay of Treatment for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, Urges Further Research to Clarify Management Strategies
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Targeted Therapies Offer Treatment Options for Advanced Kidney Cancer
• Posted: 03/29/12
  Bevacizumab May Benefit Some Women with Ovarian Cancer
• Posted: 03/07/12
  Changing the Face of NCI-Supported Early Phase Therapeutic Trials — Presentations to the Clinical Trial and Translational Research Advisory Committee
• Posted: 03/01/12
  Transforming the NCI’s Clinical Trials System — Dr. James Doroshow presents to the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors
• Posted: 02/28/12
  U10 Cooperative Agreement for NCI Clinical Trials Network: Request for Application Concerning Cooperative Groups Reorganization

2011

• Posted: 12/13/11
  Cancer Clinical Trials System Restructuring Moves Forward
• Posted: 12/13/11
  Toby Hecht Appointed Associate Director of Translational Research Program
• Posted: 12/13/11
  Late Effects May Not Warrant Using Radiation to Treat Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Posted: 11/29/11
  FDA Commissioner Revokes Approval of Bevacizumab for Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Posted: 11/29/11
  Unexpected Complications: Treating Cancer during Pregnancy
• Posted: 11/01/11
  Study Confirms Letrozole Prevents More Breast Cancer Recurrences than Tamoxifen
• Posted: 10/18/11
  Chemotherapy Less Toxic to the Heart May Be Option for Some Women with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
• Posted: 10/04/11
  Combination Therapy May Help Some Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer (The BOLERO 2 Study)
• Posted: 09/20/11
  A Conversation with Dr. Ted Trimble on NCI's Center for Global Health
• Posted: 09/20/11
  Unpublished Phase III Cancer Trials: Eliminating the Negative?
• Posted: 09/20/11
  NCI’s Norm Coleman Wins Service to America Medal
• Posted: 07/26/11
  Adolescents and Young Adult Cancers
• Posted: 07/13/11
  Study Shows Reduction in Death for Men with Intermediate-Grade Prostate Cancer
• Posted: 06/28/11
  Imaging Boot Camp for Cancer Researchers
• Posted: 06/14/11
  NCI Director Announces New Staff Appointments
• Posted: 05/17/11
  Combining Targeted Cancer Therapies: Much Promise, Many Hurdles
• Posted: 02/22/11
  Some Women May Not Need More Extensive Lymph Node Surgery for Breast Cancer
• Posted: 01/01/11
  DCTD 2010 Program Accomplishments

2010

• Posted: 06/29/10
  Targeted Drug Tested in Children with Recurrent Medulloblastoma
• Posted: 06/29/10
  Four Breast Cancer Trials with Clinical Implications
• Posted: 06/15/10
  Experimental Drug Improves Survival in Advanced Melanoma
• Posted: 06/01/10
  Shark Cartilage Extract Ineffective Against Lung Cancer
• Posted: 06/01/10
  The Test and the Target: Diagnostics’ Critical Role in Individualized Cancer Care
• Posted: 05/18/10
  NCI Cancer Bulletin: Special Issue – Clinical Trials Enrollment
• Posted: 04/20/10
  IOM Committee Recommends Overhaul of NCI Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program
• Posted: 04/06/10
  Improving the Efficiency of Clinical Trials: Decreasing Activation Times by Fifty Percent
• Posted: 04/06/10
  Focusing on Older Cancer Patients: A Clinical Need and a Research Necessity
• Posted: 03/23/10
  Improving Delivery of Quality Cancer Care
• Posted: 03/09/10
  The Heart: An Unintended Victim of Some Targeted Cancer Therapies
• Posted: 03/01/10
  Operational Efficiency Working Group (OEWG) Report
• Posted: 02/23/10
  Shorter Course of Radiation Effective and Safe for Some Women with Early-stage Breast Cancer
• Posted: 01/26/10
  Adjuvant Chemotherapy May Benefit Older Patients with Colorectal Cancer
• Posted: 01/12/10
  Ovarian Cancer Study Tests Lead Time of Potential Biomarkers
• Posted: 01/12/10
  Targeting Barriers, including Insurance Coverage, to Improve Clinical Trial Participation

2009

• Posted: 08/25/09
  CBC Handbook, 2009
• Posted: 08/20/09
  DCTD Program Accomplishments: 2008
• Posted: 08/14/09
  View Videocast of CBC Inaugural Meeting - Held August 10, 2009
• Posted: 05/29/09
  Approved Oncology Drugs Now Available from DCTD in Plated Sets
• Posted: 05/29/09
  Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 (CTCAE) Released
• Posted: 05/19/09
  An Experimental Treatment Improves Survival for Patients with Neuroblastoma
• Posted: 05/05/09
  More Gene Mutations Found in Childhood Leukemia
• Posted: 03/25/09
  Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements
• Posted: 01/27/09
  Clinicians, Cooperative Groups Work through Leucovorin Shortage
• Posted: 01/13/09
  Genome Studies Yield Insights into Childhood Leukemia
• Posted: 01/13/09
  Looking to Refine HER2-targeted Therapy

2008

• Clinical Trials Working Group (CTWG) Reports
• Posted: 10/21/08
  Lung Cancer and Erlotinib: Which Patients Benefit?
• Posted: 10/21/08
  Dr. Davis Named DTP Branch Chief
• Posted: 10/07/08
  Dr. LoRusso Receives Michaele C. Christian Lectureship
• Posted: 09/23/08
  Virtual Colonoscopy Identifies Large Polyps
• Posted: 09/23/08
  Most Cancer Clinical Trials Go Unpublished
• Posted: 09/23/08
  New Clinical Trial Reporting Requirements Coming in 2009
• Posted: 08/19/08
  NCI Cancer Bulletin Special Issue-Drug Development
• Posted: 08/05/08
  Gene Signatures May Help Predict Lung Cancer Survival
• Posted: 08/05/08
  Drs. Abrams and Tatum Appointed to DCTD Leadership Positions
• Posted: 07/22/08
  Developing a Clinical Trials System for 21st Century Science
• Posted: 07/08/08
  Workshop Opens Dialogue on Cancer Clinical Trials
• Posted: 07/08/08
  Dr. Sheila Taube Retires
• Posted: 06/24/08
  Sparing Patients Treatments They Don't Need
• Posted: 06/10/08
  Colorectal Cancer Drugs Require Careful Patient Selection
• Posted: 05/13/08
  The Future of Cancer Research: What's at Stake
• Posted: 05/13/08
  New Treatment Bubbles Up from Old Imaging Technology
• Posted: 05/13/08
  Progression-free Survival: Patient Benefit or Lower Standard?
• Posted: 04/29/08
  Dr. Casadei Named CTEP Branch Chief
• Posted: 04/15/08
  At AACR, New Science and an Important Dialogue
• Posted: 03/04/08
  ALTTO Trial Seeks to Define Best Therapy for HER2 Breast Cancer
  More Information: Press Release
• Posted: 02/29/08
  Two Drugs and One Target: Women with HER2+ Breast Cancer
• Posted: 02/29/08
  Cooperative Groups Help Advance Cancer Research
• Posted: 02/19/08
  SPOREs Move to DCTD to Strengthen Program, Vision
• Posted: 02/19/08
  Experimental Drug for Osteosarcoma Improves Overall Survival
• Posted: 02/19/08
  Navigating Access to Investigational Drugs

2007

• Posted: 09/05/07
  Meeting on Phase 0 Trials in Oncologic Drug Development
• Posted: 07/10/07
  Moving Ahead with Translational Research
• Posted: 06/26/07
  Two Associate Directors Retire
• Posted: 06/13/07
  New NCI Experimental Therapeutics (NExT) Program Heralds Shortened Timeline for Anticancer Drug Development
• Posted: 04/06/07
  Dr. Collins to Give Kaplan Lecture in Nuclear Medicine at Harvard in April
• Posted: 04/03/2007
  Charting the Course for Preoperative Breast Cancer Therapy
• Posted: 03/02/07
  DCTD Program Accomplishments 2006
• Posted: 03/01/07
  National Cancer Institute to Host Meeting on Preoperative Therapy in Invasive Breast Cancer March 26-27
• Posted: 01/23/07
  Review Reveals Common Flaws in Microarray Gene-Expression Studies

2006

• Posted: 11/21/06
  Adjuvant Radiotherapy Reduces Advanced Prostate Cancer Recurrence
• Posted: 10/10/06
  Improving Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials
• Posted: 09/01/2006
  Survivorship and the Changing Role of Palliative Care
• Posted: 04/18/06
  Cancer Bulletin Spotlight: NCI’s Developmental Therapeutics Program: Turning Molecules into Medicine
• Posted: 02/07/06
  Clinical Trial Program Restructuring Advancing Quickly
• Posted: 01/05/06
  NCI Issues Clinical Announcement for Preferred Method of Treatment for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

2005

• Posted: 11/22/05
  DTP Celebrates 50 Years of Advancing Cancer Research
• Posted: 09/16/05
  Digital vs. Film Mammography in the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST): Questions and Answers
• Posted: 06/07/05
  NCAB Approves Redesign of NCI Clinical Trials System Proposed by Clinical Trials Working Group