National Cancer Institute

Ned Sharpless currently leads the cancer center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Alfred Knudson, who formulated the “two-hit” theory on the origins of cancer, has passed away at age 93.

A National Cancer Institute model forecasts a marked increase in estrogen receptor-positive tumors among older women by 2030.

Harold Varmus, who has led the US National Cancer Institute since 2010, is leaving his appointment at the end of the month.

Four prominent academics call for an overhaul of the US biomedical research workforce.

Researchers and regulators reflect on the progress that has been made in preventing tobacco-related disease in the 50 years since the publication of the first U.S. Surgeon General’s report. 

NCI has made public the largest-ever database of cancer-specific gene variations, paving the way for the development of new drugs and therapies.

The National Cancer Institute hopes to team up with outside researchers to finally figure out how to inhibit a common cancer-driving protein family.

A decade into the age of genomics, science is generating a flood of data that will help in the quest to eradicate the disease.