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The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S. National Cancer Program and conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other activities related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer; the supportive care of cancer patients and their families; and cancer survivorship. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
National Cancer Institute has hosted 4 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1992 Speech. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2006 with an average of 123 views per video. Most common tag: Research.

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    National Cancer Institute Director Swearing-In

    Dr. John E. Niederhuber was sworn in as the 13th director of the National Cancer Institute. Phillip Sharp spoke about the imp…

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    U.S. Cancer Rates

    Participants talked to reporters about new data on cancer rates in the U.S. They gave statistics about the decline of inciden…

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    Breast Cancer Drug Study

    Dr.Richard Klausner, National Cancer Institute, Director, and others briefed reporters on a new study of the benefits and si…

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    HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Current Profile

    Surgeon General Dr. Antonia Novello spoke to an audience at a forum sponsored by the National Cancer Institute in Washington,…

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