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Cover Story
Cancer History ProjectEditorialFree
By Otis W. Brawley and Paul Goldberg
Forty-nine years and a few days after the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971, we launched the Cancer History Project. One year and 11,894 articles later, we have built a shared, collaborative, and unprecedented resource.
In Brief
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Clinical Roundup
Drugs & Targets
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