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<div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://cdp.cancer.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_cdp_gray.gif" alt="Cancer Diagnosis Program" height="33" width="46" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://cdp.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">Cancer Diagnosis Program</a><br />Funds specimen resources and research to characterize tumors</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://imaging.cancer.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_cip_gray.gif" alt="Cancer Imaging Program" height="33" width="43" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://imaging.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">Cancer Imaging Program</a><br />Evaluates imaging in diagnosis, disease staging, and treatment monitoring</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_ctep_gray.gif" alt="Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program" height="33" width="32" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov" target="_blank">Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program</a><br />Assesses new anticancer agents, radiation treatments, and surgical methods</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://dtc.cancer.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_dtc_gray.gif" alt="Developmental Therapeutics Clinic" height="21" width="48" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://dtc.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">Developmental Therapeutics Clinic</a><br />Conducts early-phase clinical trials of novel cancer treatment agents</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://dtp.cancer.gov" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_dtp_gray.gif" alt="Developmental Therapeutics Program" height="33" width="33" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://dtp.cancer.gov" target="_blank">Developmental Therapeutics Program</a><br />Funds drug discovery and development and provides related services</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://rrp.cancer.gov" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_rrp_gray.gif" alt="Radiation Research Program" height="33" width="33" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://rrp.cancer.gov" target="_blank">Radiation Research Program</a><br />Funds novel radiotherapy research</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://trp.cancer.gov" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_trp_gray.gif" alt="Translational Research Program" height="33" width="34" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://trp.cancer.gov" target="_blank">Translational Research Program</a><br />Integrates scientific advancements in the understanding of the biology of human cancer</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="https://proteomics.cancer.gov/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_occp_gray.gif" alt="Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics" height="33" width="34" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="https://proteomics.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research</a><br />Applies proteomic and proteogenomic methods to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment</div> </div> <div class="homeProgramBox clearfix"> <div class="programLogo"><a href="http://cam.cancer.gov" target="_blank"><img src="/images/redesign/logo_small_occam_gray.gif" alt="Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine" height="18" width="50" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="programText"><a href="http://cam.cancer.gov" target="_blank">Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine</a><br />Improves the quality of cancer research on complementary and alternative modalities</div> </div> </div> <div id="activitiesBox" class="paElements"> <h2>DCTD ACTIVITIES</h2> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov/initiativesPrograms/etctn.htm" target="_blank">ETCTN</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov/initiativesPrograms/etctn.htm" target="_blank">Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network</a><br />Defines approaches to cancer treatment based on molecular characterization and biomarker assay development</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="https://nciformulary.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">NCI Formulary</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="https://nciformulary.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">NCI Formulary</a><br />Provides main-member ETCTN or NCTN investigators with rapid access to agents for on-site, investigator-held-IND clinical or preclinical research</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov/initiativesPrograms/nctn.htm" target="_blank">NCTN</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="http://ctep.cancer.gov/initiativesPrograms/nctn.htm" target="_blank">National Clinical Trials Network</a><br />Maximizes knowledge of tumor biology and resources to facilitate rapid initiation and completion of cancer clinical trials</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="https://navigator.ctsu.org/" target="_blank">NCTN<br />Navigator</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="https://navigator.ctsu.org/" target="_blank">NCTN Navigator</a><br />Provides a searchable database of specimens from NCTN Phase 3 clinical trials</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox short clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym" id="nctnncorp"><a href="https://nctn-data-archive.nci.nih.gov/" target="_blank">NCTN/NCORP Data Archive</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="https://nctn-data-archive.nci.nih.gov/" target="_blank">NCTN/NCORP Data Archive</a><br />Provides access to a centralized repository of patient-level data from Phase 3 clinical trials</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox short clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="http://next.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">NExT</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="http://next.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">NCI Experimental Therapeutics Program</a><br />Supports the most promising new drug discovery and development projects</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="https://pdmr.cancer.gov" target="_blank">PDMR</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="https://pdmr.cancer.gov" target="_blank">NCI Patient-Derived Models Repository</a><br />Provides early-passage, molecularly characterized, and clinically annotated patient-derived xenograft models to the scientific community</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="http://trp.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">SPOREs</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="http://trp.cancer.gov/" target="_blank">Specialized Programs of Research Excellence</a><br />Promotes collaborative, interdisciplinary, translational research leading to new approaches for prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer</div> </div> <div class="homeActivitiesBox clearfix"> <div class="activitiesAcronym"><a href="http://cancerimagingarchive.net/" target="_blank">TCIA</a></div> <div class="activitiesText"><a href="http://cancerimagingarchive.net/" target="_blank">The Cancer Imaging Archive</a><br />Provides de-identified radiology and histopathology image datasets to accelerate the development of imaging based signatures of cancer biology</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div 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Doroshow, Director" align="left" /> The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) focuses its activities on developing novel diagnostics and therapies for cancer. DCTD staff members, along with colleagues throughout the National Cancer Institute (NCI), academia, and industry, are working to generate a seamless pipeline of biomarkers and therapeutics that runs the gamut from initial efforts in drug discovery through late-stage clinical trials. <a href="DirectorsMessage/default.htm">More…</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="sidebarBlock"> <h3><a href="/MajorInitiatives/MajorInitiatives.htm">Major Initiatives</a></h3> </div> <div class="sidebarBlock"> <h3 id="homeNewsHead"><a href="/NewsEvents/default.htm">News & Events</a></h3> <div id="newsletterSignUpForm" class="clearfix" style="margin: 15px 0 20px 0;"> <h4 style="color: #606060; font-weight: bold;">Register to receive DCTD News and Updates</h4> <form id="GD-snippet-form" action="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNIHNCI/subscribers/qualify" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" target="_blank"> <input type="hidden" name="utf8" value="✓" /> <input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="eL+dIAJsA3vynBRwExX/P98nw8dHo?hyvlwov0QEAKCZGnNuEzEWe+SPC8C6?Ta6C/rdtbYvQt2jvLz+y2hD2ouw==" /> <input type="hidden" name="topic_id" id="topic_id" value="USNIHNCI_322" /> <label id="newsletterSignUpEmailLabel" for="email">Enter email Address</label> <input type="text" style="margin-top: 5px;" name="email" id="email" placeholder=" Enter e-mail Address" /> <input type="submit" style="margin-top: 5px;" name="commit" value="Subscribe" /> </form> </div> <div id="sidebarTwitter"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nci-division-of-cancer-treatment-and-diagnosis/" target="_blank">Follow DCTD on LinkedIn</a></div> <!-- keep these three at the top of the News list --> <div id="pipelineBanner"><a href="/NewsEvents/newsletter.htm"><img src="/images/redesign/pipeline_news.png" alt="Pipeline News" /></a></div> <!--<div class="hSidebarLink"><span><a href="/NewsEvents/newsletter.htm">DCTD Newsletter</a></span></div>--> <div class="hSidebarLink"><span><a href="/NewsEvents/dctd_meetings.htm">DCTD Meetings</a></span></div> <div class="hSidebarLink"><span><a href="/NewsEvents/2019DCTDprograms.pdf" target="_blank">DCTD Programs and Initiatives Book (2018-2019)</a></span></div> <!-- keep these three at the top of the News list --> <div class="hSidebarLink"><span><a href="/NewsEvents/20241209_trp_spore_grantees.htm">DCTD’s Translational Research Program Announces Fiscal Year 2024 SPORE Grantees</a></span></div> <div class="hSidebarLink"><span><a href="/NewsEvents/20241209_occam_bioelectricity_and_cancer_conference.htm">Summary and Recording of the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Bioelectricity and Cancer Conference; 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