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By Paul Goldberg and Jacquelyn Cobb
How is the enterprise of cancer research doing after the first 100 days of the Trump administration?
Cancer Policy
In Brief


Funding Opportunities
Clinical Roundup


Drugs & Targets
NCI Trials


NCI Trials for May 2025
The National Cancer Institute approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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