The announcement confirms earlier reports that Bertagnolli will become the first woman to lead the National Cancer Institute since its founding in 1937.

Reviving the Cancer Moonshot, disentangling the microbiome's effect in cancer, the observer effect, and more

Eugene Garfield, the cancer moonshot, employee genetic testing, and more

The new administration has not yet made its intentions clear.

The Cancer Moonshot initiative has been successful in drawing private-sector partners for improving data-sharing among researchers, but the project has yet to mature.

Cancer experts offered detailed advice to propel the Obama Administration’s effort to improve cancer research.