At the UT Medical Center Cancer Institute we are proud to be a part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) research program through our scientists that have been chosen for NCI research funding.

The National Cancer Institute was established in 1971 to eliminate or control all cancers by stimulating and supporting research around the world. Some of the best minds in the world submit research projects to understand cancer and develop better ways to detect, diagnose, treat and control it. These people conduct studies at NCI and other sites in our country and abroad. NCI provides the vision and resources that innovative scientists need to focus on steering major breakthroughs. Research supported by NCI must go through a rigorous selection process, in which scientists who are recognized as leaders in a particular field review and “grade” each research proposal. Only the research considered to be the most promising is ultimately selected for grant support

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