National Cancer Institute

For other uses, see National Cancer Institute (disambiguation).
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Agency overview
FormedAugust 5, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-08-05)
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersOffice of the Director,
31 Center Drive, Building 31, Bethesda, Maryland,
20814
Agency executive
Parent departmentUnited States Department of Health and Human Services
Parent agencyNational Institutes of Health
Child agencies
Websitewww.cancer.gov Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI 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.[6]

NCI is the oldest and has the largest budget and research program of the 27 institutes and centers of the NIH ($6.9 billion in 2020).[7] It fulfills the majority of its mission via an extramural program that provides grants for cancer research. Additionally, the National Cancer Institute has intramural research programs in Bethesda, Maryland, and at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research[8] at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. The NCI receives more than US$5 billion in funding each year.[9]

The NCI supports a nationwide network of 72 NCI-designated Cancer Centers with a dedicated focus on cancer research and treatment[10] and maintains the National Clinical Trials Network.[11]

  1. ^ "Director's Page". National Cancer Institute. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ "NCI Director Dr. Norman E. Sharpless—Director's Page—Leadership—About NCI". National Cancer Institute. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Dr Norman Edward Sharpless, MD, NIH Enterprise Directory (NED)". NED.NIH.gov. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Visitor Information". National Cancer Institute. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ^ NCI's Shady Grove Campus To Open In 2013. Vol. LXII. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2019. The change is being made primarily due to the leases expiring at EPN, EPS and a few other buildings on Executive Blvd. The new buildings would house, in one facility, staff from those leased sites... NCI will continue to occupy floors 10 and 11 of Bldg. 31's A wing, as well as much of the 3rd floor, and the NCI director will remain in 31. There are also many staff members in lab buildings and the Clinical Center on campus and a large presence in Frederick at Ft. Detrick. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Aviles, Natalie B. (2024). An Ungovernable Foe: Science and Policy Innovation in the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/avil19668. ISBN 978-0-231-19668-0.
  7. ^ Philippidis, Alex (2020-09-21). "Top 50 NIH-Funded Institutions of 2020". GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  8. ^ "NCI-Frederick: NCI-Frederick Home Page". NCIfCrf.gov. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Funding Trends". National Cancer Institute. 2018-12-20.
  10. ^ "NCI-Designated Cancer Centers". National Cancer Institute. 5 April 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "NCI's National Clinical Trials Network". National Cancer Institute. 2014-05-29.