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Assent is the process of involving children in the decision to take part in research studies.

Prognosis describes how serious your cancer is and your chances of survival. Learn about survival statistics and how they are used to estimate prognosis.

The NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) is a community-based program that brings cancer clinical trials and cancer care delivery research to individuals in their own communities.

This clinical trial is testing standard therapy (surgery, radiation and temozolomide) plus immunotherapy with pembrolizumab with or without a cancer treatment vaccine for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, a common and deadly type of brain tumor.

iCURE supports mentored research experiences for students and scientists in the NCI research community. iCURE encourages the participation of underrepresented individuals.

Oral cavity, pharyngeal, and laryngeal cancer screening is not recommended as part of routine cancer screening. Get detailed information about screening, including the potential benefits and harms of screening for these cancers in this summary for clinicians.

Cervical cancer screening tests (e.g., the Papanicolaou (Pap) Test, HPV DNA, Thin-prep) reduce mortality from cervical cancer. Get detailed information about the evidence behind, and the potential benefits and harms of cervical cancer screening in this summary for clinicians.

Cancer screening can reduce some cancer mortality and morbidity, but potential harms must be weighed against any potential benefits. Get detailed, peer-reviewed and evidence-based information about cancer screening in this overview for clinicians.

Ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer prevention involves understanding risk and protective factors, and the evidence behind them. Get detailed information about specific risk and protective factors and prevention strategies for these cancer types in this clinician summary.

Levels of evidence refers to the ranking system used by the PDQ editorial boards to indicate the strength of evidence obtained from cited studies. Get detailed information about how to weigh the strength of the evidence obtained in cancer treatment studies in this information summary.