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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(5):342-345; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk119
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© Oxford University Press 2007.

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National Cancer Act: A Look Back and Forward

Cori Vanchieri

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Thirty-five years have passed since a stroke of President Richard Nixon's pen gave the National Cancer Institute special status within the National Institutes of Health. At the 1971 signing of the National Cancer Act, the NCI budget was $200 million and fiscal constraint was the theme of the day. Today, the budget is $4.8 billion, and again, budget worries loom large.

While many of the same challenges remain—access to high-quality cancer care, competing research priorities, and inconsistent funding—some prominent researchers argue that the National Cancer Act, by vaulting cancer to the top tier of the national agenda, paved the way for great accomplishments.

"The National Cancer Act was quite revolutionary," said Margaret Kripke, Ph.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. "It led to development of funding initiatives that have really supported the cancer research and treatment community. Simply having the dollars available designated for cancer . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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