Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

Community sites have the patients to boost trial enrollment—but not the infrastructure

I have spent over 20 years running a tumor imaging metrics core at an academic cancer center. In that time, I have watched clinical trial enrollment concentrate at a relatively small number of flagship academic institutions. Unfortunately, trials do not propagate well to the community sites where most patients prefer to receive care. The explanations usually offered for why this happens have never fully accounted for what I observed.

Philip Castle named NCI associate director for prevention

Philip E. Castle was appointed NCI associate director for prevention.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

Clinical Roundup

CRC incidence rates are rising among all age groups, SEER data analysis finds

Rising incidence of colorectal cancer now extends beyond younger adults to nearly all age groups, according to a study analyzing the most recent data from NCI to examine incidence rates of colorectal cancer over a 20-year period.

November 06, 2026

Vol.52 No.41

NCI

NCI’s new CCSG is the result of “thousands of hours” of listening, negotiations, surprises
New NOFO aims to shrink applications by 40%

Late next month, NCI is expected to publish the new criteria it uses to bestow designations on America’s network of cancer centers.

NCAB ad hoc working group seeks to define its role as it approves eight reissue concepts
“We could do a lot more than be another committee to check the RFAs before they go to the next level.”

Members of the National Cancer Advisory Board’s ad hoc Working Group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs at a recent meeting struggled to define the new group’s the role and raised concerns about some initial growing pains.

Dinah Singer retires from NCI, remains at NIH as Scientist Emeritus

Dinah S. Singer is now an NIH Scientist Emeritus after retiring from NCI in June.

October 30, 2026

Vol.52 No.40

Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

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Biden’s FY25 budget requests $522M increase for NCI, $1.5B for ARPA-H, $2.9B for Moonshot

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Community sites have the patients to boost trial enrollment—but not the infrastructure

Philip Castle named NCI associate director for prevention

CRC incidence rates are rising among all age groups, SEER data analysis finds

NCI’s new CCSG is the result of “thousands of hours” of listening, negotiations, surprisesNew NOFO aims to shrink applications by 40%

NCAB ad hoc working group seeks to define its role as it approves eight reissue concepts“We could do a lot more than be another committee to check the RFAs before they go to the next level.”

Dinah Singer retires from NCI, remains at NIH as Scientist Emeritus

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NCI’s new CCSG is the result of “thousands of hours” of listening, negotiations, surprises
New NOFO aims to shrink applications by 40%

NCAB ad hoc working group seeks to define its role as it approves eight reissue concepts
“We could do a lot more than be another committee to check the RFAs before they go to the next level.”