

Cover Story
By Matthew Bin Han Ong
On Jan. 8, the American Cancer Society published its annual estimates of new cancer cases and deaths, declaring that the latest data—from 2016 to 2017—show the “largest ever single-year drop in overall cancer mortality of 2.2%.”
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Clinical Roundup
Drugs & Targets
NCI Trials


NCI Trials for Feb. 2020
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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