The chemopreventive agent development research program in the Division of Cancer Prevention of the US National Cancer Institute: An overview

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
pp. 1889-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Research Program ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Chemopreventive Agent ◽  
The Us ◽  
Agent Development

scholarly journals Subsequent Cancer Prevention and Control Activities Among Low- and Middle-Income Country Participants in the US National Cancer Institute’s Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Vogel ◽  
Camille Morgan ◽  
Kalina Duncan ◽  
Makeda J. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Cancer Prevention And Control ◽  
The Us ◽  
And Control ◽  
Low And Middle Income

PURPOSE A dramatic shift in the burden of cancer from high-income countries to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is predicted to occur over the next few decades. An effective response requires a range of approaches to capacity building in cancer prevention and control in LMICs, including training of cancer prevention and control professionals. Toward this end, the US National Cancer Institute includes LMIC-based participants in its Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention, which is an annual, short-term in-person training program. METHODS In 2015 and 2016, the US National Cancer Institute fielded a survey to all Summer Curriculum alumni who were based in LMICs when they participated in the program, between 1998 and 2015. Its aims were to learn about subsequent engagement in cancer prevention and control in LMICs and attribution of activities/accomplishments to participation in the Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention. RESULTS Respondents (N = 138) worked in academia/research (n = 61), health care (n = 41), and health policy/Ministries of Health (n = 36) in all six world regions. Most respondents (90.6%) worked in the same LMIC as when they participated in the Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention. When asked about activities/accomplishments completed as a result of participation, 92.8% reported at least one cancer prevention and control practice activity/accomplishment, 81.2% reported at least one cancer research activity/accomplishment, and 44.2% reported authoring one or more peer-reviewed publications. Reported ways that the Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention contributed to these activities/accomplishments were emphasizing a public health approach; focusing on research priorities, methods, and scientific writing; and highlighting the importance of research and publications. Finally, 79.7% of respondents reported using Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention materials to train others. CONCLUSION These findings have implications for the design of future training initiatives for LMIC-based cancer prevention and control professionals.

Hereditary cancer syndromes as model systems for chemopreventive agent development

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farzana L. Walcott ◽  
Jigar Patel ◽  
Ronald Lubet ◽  
Luz Rodriguez ◽  
Kathleen A. Calzone
Keyword(s):  
Hereditary Cancer ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes ◽  
Chemopreventive Agent ◽  
Cancer Syndromes ◽  
Agent Development

Evidence of intergenerational transmission of Diethylstilbestrol (DES) health effects: Hindsight and insight

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Titus
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Intergenerational Transmission ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Health It ◽  
The Third ◽  
Endocrine Disrupting ◽  
The Us

Abstract This review summarizes key findings from the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) DES Combined Cohort Study with a focus on the results of the NCI Third Generation Study, a cohort of DES-exposed and unexposed granddaughters. Findings to date from the Third Generation Study are discussed in the context of other research efforts and case reports suggesting an intergenerational heritability of DES-related effects. The DES story serves as a model for the influence of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human health. It also serves as a warning of the special hazards of pregnancy exposures, and more broadly, of the potential for invisible health consequences arising from new or changing exposures.

The US Chimpanzee Breeding and Research Program

2015 ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Wolfle ◽  
Milton April
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Evolution of Cancer Care Delivery Research in the NCI Community Oncology Research Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M Geiger ◽  
Ann M O’Mara ◽  
Worta J McCaskill-Stevens ◽  
Brenda Adjei ◽  
Priyanga Tuovenin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
National Cancer Institute ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Oncology Research ◽  
Community Oncology ◽  
Robust Portfolio

Abstract Research seeking to improve patient engagement with decision-making, use of evidence-based guidelines, and coordination of multi-specialty care has made important contributions to the decades-long effort to improve cancer care. The National Cancer Institute expanded support for these efforts by including cancer care delivery research in the 2014 formation of the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). Cancer care delivery research is a multi-disciplinary effort to generate evidence-based practice change that improves clinical outcomes and patient well-being. NCORP scientists and community-based clinicians and organizations rapidly embraced the addition of this type of research into the network, resulting in a robust portfolio of observational studies and intervention studies within the first 5 years of funding. This commentary describes the initial considerations in conducting this type of research in a network previously focused on cancer prevention, control, and treatment studies; characterizes the protocols developed to date; and outlines future directions for cancer care delivery research in the second round of NCORP funding.

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