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By Matthew Bin Han Ong
After an examination of the causes of an avalanche of grant applications directed at NCI, institute officials found that new applications largely come from principal investigators who are switching their research focus to cancer. No other NIH institute or center faces such pressure.
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NCI Trials for December 2019
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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