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The randomized, controlled Adjuvant Hormone Therapy trial was launched in 1990 to assess the effects of estrogen-alone hormone replacement therapy in women treated for epithelial ovarian cancer.

Información práctica para los padres, cuando un hijo tiene cáncer. Sugerencias para ayudar a los niños y a los padres a salir adelante y mantenerse fuertes; junto con respuestas a preguntas que padres e hijos hacen con frecuencia.

NCI’s prevention research has a broad focus, from identifying environmental and lifestyle factors that influence cancer risk to studying the biology of how cancer develops and studying ways to disseminate prevention interventions.

Information about cancer screening and early detection research, including a summary of NCI programs dedicated to advancing screening and early detection.

The FNLCR combines private sector business practices with government infrastructure to conduct research and development in cancer and AIDS.

MERIT Award Recipient: Laimonis A. Laimins, Ph.D.

In this phase II clinical trial, adult patients with inoperable chordoma who are scheduled to undergo radiation therapy will be randomly assigned to receive a yeast-based vaccine that targets a protein called brachyury or a placebo injection.

Cancer screening is checking for cancer in people who don't have symptoms. Screening tests can help doctors find and treat several types of cancer early, but cancer screening can have harms as well as benefits.

Information about behaviors, exposures, and other factors that may influence the risk of cancer.

Exposure to UV radiation from the sun, sunlamps, and tanning booths causes early aging and skin damage that can lead to skin cancer. Find information, including tips, on how to protect your skin.