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Conversation with The Cancer LetterFree
After six years of aggressively recruiting and spending more than $250 million to build up its programs, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center has become the 71st NCI-designated cancer center in the US and the only such institution in South Florida.
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
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Drugs & Targets
NCI Trials


NCI Trials for August
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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