

Cover Story
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
NCI is using a hub-and-spoke structure to engineer an ambitious data federation for pediatric cancers—which, if done right, is anticipated to become the gold standard for a new generation of comprehensive cancer databases.
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NCI Trials


NCI Trials for December 2020
The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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