The largest of the 24 separate institutes, centers, and divisions of the National Institutes of Health. The NCI coordinates the federal government's cancer research program.
the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
A research center in Bethesda, Maryland that conducts basic and clinical research on new cancer treatments and supervised clinical trials of new treatments throughout the United States.
The US Government agency for cancer research and information.
The primary agency of the U.S. government that provides research grants to study cancer, develop new drugs, and test cancer prevention strategies.
NCI is a federal agency that oversees the nation’s cancer research programs. Many clinical trials are funded by and/or conducted with NCI. There are also NCI Cancer Centers around the country; these are clinical and research facilities that meet NCI criteria and standards for cancer research.
a U.S. government sponsored research agency, part of the National Institutes of Health, that deals with malignant diseases.
a branch of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) that oversees considerable research in HIV and AIDS-related malignancies.
An institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with the overall mission of conducting and supporting research, training, and disseminating health information with respect to the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. NCI also performs these functions for HIV-related cancers. Internet address: http://www.nci.nih.gov/.
U.S. Government agency charged with promoting research and new treatment of cancer.
NCI. The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research. NCI conducts, coordinates, and funds cancer research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. Access the NCI Web site at http://cancer.gov.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established under the National Cancer Act of 1937. It is the United States’ primary agency for cancer research and training. The NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the United States Federal government's National Institutes of Health. The NCI is a federally funded research and development center, one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. As of September 2006, the current director of the NCI is Dr.