2016 Patient Café: CLL and Dating
Can dating be an issue when you have CLL? Can you be holistically intimate with someone new in your life? Carol Preston,... Learn More
Pfizer.com Hemophilia Feature
Watch a family’s journey with hemophilia – from the mother’s perspective as a child growing up with a brother who had hemophilia,... Learn More
Pfizer.com Hemophilia Feature
Watch a family’s journey with hemophilia – from the mother’s perspective as a child growing up with a brother who had hemophilia,... Learn More
Introducing the NCI RAS Program
NCI Director Harold Varmus, M.D., and RAS National Program Advisor Frank McCormick, Ph.D., explain the rationale for and the discussions that led... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Introduction
Research advocates at NCI help advance the progress of cancer research and improve patient outcomes. Watch this introduction to the NCI Office... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Research Advocates Improve Cancer Care at NCI
Research advocates at NCI help find new and better ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer. This video shows how research advocates... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: How to Become a Research Advocate at NCI
Contact OAR if you are interested in becoming an NCI research advocate. This video provides contact information for OAR and information about... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: How Advocates Benefit Cancer Research at NCI
Research advocates at NCI bring the patient experience and perspective to cancer research. This video describes the different ways patient advocates benefit... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: History of Advocacy
Today, patients play important roles in cancer research at NCI. The history of patient advocacy has its roots in the social movements... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Roles of Research Advocates at NCI
Research advocates are involved in research at NCI in four main ways: advise, design, review, or disseminate. This video describes how advocates... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Research Advocates at NCI: Partners in the Fight Against Cancer
Many of the breakthroughs in cancer care could not have been possible without the partnership of research advocates at NCI. Hear from... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Human Faces of Cancer at NCI
Research advocates at NCI represent the cancer patient’s experience and perspective. Learn how advocates at NCI serve as the human faces of... Learn More
Research Advocacy 101: Purpose of Research Advocacy
This video describes the purpose of the NCI OAR research advocacy program. You will learn the history of patient advocacy, why research... Learn More
About NCI: Targeting Teens at the National Science Festival
An approximately 2:30 minute video loop to play throughout the National Science Festival to showcase who NCI is and what kind of... Learn More
NCI Director Discusses the Provocative Questions Project
NCI Director Harold Varmus, M.D., discusses the Provocative Questions Project and urges researchers to tackle the “perplexing” questions in cancer research. For... Learn More
NCI Partnership Opportunities: Teaming to Bring Better Cancer Tools to Market
Researchers at the Center for Cancer Research (CCR), part of the National Cancer Institute, integrate basic and clinical research discoveries into better... Learn More
Insights from Genome-Wide Association Studies and the Steps Beyond (highlights)
Dr. Stephen Chanock, M.D., Chief of the Laboratory of Translational Genomics in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, discusses insights from... Learn More
Siddhartha Mukherjee: Constructing a History of Cancer
Cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee presents an overview of his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Emperor of All Maladies” to staff at... Learn More
Teaming Up to Fight Cancer
Dr. Carole Parent, Senior Investigator of CCR’s Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology discusses the 2010 signing of the Graduate Partnership Program... Learn More
Stress-Mediated Effects on Cancer Biology: An NCI Investment in Research
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) funds and conducts basic behavioral and social sciences research within the Division of Cancer Control and Population... Learn More
The Cancer Genome Atlas: The Genetic Basis of Cancer
This video is one in a series of videos from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project, explaining TCGA’s approach to determining the... Learn More
Neuro-Oncology Branch, Brain Tumor Clinic
This video introduces the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB), a trans-institutional program of the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Neurological Disorder... Learn More
Using Vaccines to Tackle HIV
Dr. Genoveffa Franchini, Senior Investigator in the Vaccine Branch at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR), discusses the... Learn More
Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) Database: A Community Site for Researchers
Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) is a dynamic web-based database built upon the caBIG® platform (for more information see https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/). GEM contains behavioral and... Learn More
In Their Own Words: NCI Experts Discuss Synthetic Biology
Drs. Daniel Gallahan and Jerry Li of NCI’s Division of Cancer Biology talk about the emerging field of synthetic biology. They explain... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Dr. Raju Kucherlapati
Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, the Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, speaks about cancer genetics and genomics, specifically the... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Carol Fabian, M.D.
Dr. Carol Fabian of the University of Kansas Medical Center discusses her role in developing the fine-needle aspiration technique and preventive breast... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Dr. Sholom Wacholder
Dr. Sholom Wacholder, a biostatistician in NCIs Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, discusses his role on a human papillomavirus vaccine clinical... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi discusses his involvement in identifying the primary gene that causes acute promyelocytic leukemia, and his continued work on... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Josh Sommer
Josh Sommer, co-founder and executive director of the Chordoma Foundation, talks about the challenges facing researchers who study rare cancers. Since being... Learn More
Moving Forward: The Critical Importance of High-Quality Biospecimens in Cancer Research
Hear what important cancer community stakeholders from the patient, oncology, research and drug development communities have to say about the critical importance... Learn More
National Cancer Institute: Video Journey Into Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology allows researchers to study cancer in its earliest stages of progression, enabling early detection and development of novel therapies to target... Learn More
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs)
In this demonstration of the CTC-Chip, circulating tumor cells (fluorescent labeled, shown in white) mixed with blood (not labeled) are captured on... Learn More
In Their Own Words – Dr. Jun Wei
Dr. Jun Wei, Staff Scientist, Oncogenomics Section Pediatric Oncology Branch, NCI’s Center for Cancer Research, describes his work using genetic research to... Learn More
In Their Own Words: Dr. Marcia Cruz-Correa
Dr. Marcia Cruz-Correa, Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Program, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains the promise of epigenetics: To better understand... Learn More
In Their Own Words: NCI Cancer Prevention Expert Discusses Personalized Nutrition
In His Own Words – Dr. John A. Milner Dr. John A. Milner, chief of the Nutritional Science Research Group in the... Learn More
Bench to Bedside -Dr. Frank Maldarelli
National Cancer Institute’s Dr. Frank Maldarelli talks about his Bench to Bedside funded award. For more information on the Bench to Bedside... Learn More
Molecular Epidemiology in HPV and Cervical Cancer – Mark Schiffman & Julia Gage, NIH Scientists
Read their story: http://irp.nih.gov/our-research/research-in-action/taking-the-long-view Mark Schiffman, M.D., M.P.H., and Julia Gage, Ph.D., M.P.H., use the tools of molecular epidemiology to predict and... Learn More
Dr. Norman Coleman, National Cancer Institute, Discusses Radiation
At a March 25 Town Hall meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, the National Cancer Institute’s Dr. Norman Coleman discussed issues... Learn More
Highlights: Cancer Epidemiology over the Last Half-Century and Thoughts on the Future
In May 2012, NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG) welcomed David Schottenfeld, M.D. as a Visiting Scholar. Dr. Schottenfeld is... Learn More
NCI Center for Global Health Inaugural Meeting: Setting Priorities for Global Cancer Research
In March 2012 the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health held its inaugural meeting. The meeting provided an opportunity to introduce... Learn More
New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology: Welcome and keynote address
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Physical Sciences-Oncology hosted a symposium, New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology, to share research... Learn More
New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology: Advancing Technologies
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Physical Sciences-Oncology hosted a symposium, New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology, to share research... Learn More
New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology: Information Theory in Time and Space
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Physical Sciences-Oncology hosted a symposium, New Frontiers in Physical Sciences and Oncology, to share research... Learn More
The Future of Cancer Screening: Public Health Approaches
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death among Americans and takes a toll on communities across the United States. One of the... Learn More
Chromosome translocations in a living cell
For the first time, scientists have directly observed events that lead to formation of a chromosome abnormality that is often found in... Learn More
National Cancer Institute Academic or Public Research Research & Hope Award Awardee 2013
Dr. Douglas R. Lowy and Dr. John T. Schiller are receiving the 2013 Research & Hope Award for Academic or Public Research... Learn More