This section presents data about ongoing progress and highlights stories behind some notable discoveries and milestones in cancer research.

Dec 5, 2024 · Find research articles on cancer treatment, including news stories, clinical trials, blog posts, and descriptions of active studies.

NCI is the nation’s leader in cancer research. Learn about key research areas, initiatives, progress, and research tools, including specimens and data.

Find NCI’s collection of research advances for common cancers such as breast cancer, colorectal cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, and prostate cancer.

Dec 20, 2024 · NCI Director Dr. Kimryn Rathmell reviews some of the most noteworthy cancer research findings from 2024, including advances in immunotherapy for children with cancer, a potential …

Every year, CCR makes remarkable contributions to the understanding, detection, treatment and prevention of cancer. This digital-only issue of our annual publication, Milestones, features 13 of our …

Jan 10, 2023 · Research projects funded by the Division of Cancer Biology have led to many new discoveries and advances in basic cancer research that continue to lay the groundwork for future …

Apr 18, 2025 · During the past 250 years, we have witnessed many landmark discoveries in our efforts to make progress against cancer, an affliction known to humanity for thousands of years. This …

A new NIH study points to a promising strategy for treating aggressive breast cancer that spreads to the brain, a complication with few effective options. Learn how blocking a key brain cell survival pathway …

The NCI Division of Cancer Biology supports important fundamental discoveries across the entire spectrum of cancer biology and is advancing progress in basic cancer research.