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French Government Launches National Cancer Institute
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May 24 marked the official opening of the first French National Cancer Institute (Institut National du Cancer, INCa). The institute is the centerpiece of a national action plan against cancer launched in 2002 that had as its goal to reduce cancer mortality by 20% by 2007. The initiative is considered a political priority for president Jacques Chirac, who initiated the creation of the action plan and the INCa after he had signed