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To accomplish this, DCP provides funding and administrative support to clinical, population science, and laboratory researchers, community and multidisciplinary teams, and collaborative scientific networks.</p></div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field__item mw-100" style="flex: 1;"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-box-dcp-pages paragraph--view-mode--default box-color-medium-blue btn--color--"> <span data-card-layout="all_content" data-card-height="cardheight-short"> <a class="hover-box d-block type-overwrite-content" href="/about-dcp/history-and-timeline/commemoration-50th" data-card-layout="" data-card-height="" data-title="Learn more about Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act"> <h2>Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act</h2> <span class="box-img-wrapper float-right ml-2 mb-2"> <div class="field field--name-field-card-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div media-view-mode="default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/NCA50_LOCKUP_Main_White.png" width="698" height="335" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" /> </div> </div></div> </span> <div class="box-body-wrapper"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-card-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Division of Cancer Prevention honors the champions and changemakers of cancer prevention, early detection and symptom science.</p></div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field__item mw-100" style="flex: 1;"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-box-dcp-pages paragraph--view-mode--default box-color-white btn--color--"> <span data-card-layout="no_image" data-card-height="cardheight-short"> <a class="hover-box d-block type-overwrite-content" href="/about-dcp/dcp-leadership" data-card-layout="" data-card-height="" data-title="Learn more about DCP Leadership"> <h2>DCP Leadership</h2> <div class="box-body-wrapper"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-card-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>An organizational chart showing the Director, Deputy Director, Associate Director, Research Group and Program Chiefs.</p></div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field__item mw-100" style="flex: 1;"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-box-dcp-pages paragraph--view-mode--default box-color-white btn--color--"> <span data-card-layout="all_content" data-card-height="cardheight-short"> <a class="hover-box d-block type-overwrite-content" href="/about-dcp/history-and-timeline" data-card-layout="" data-card-height="" data-title="Learn more about History and Timeline"> <h2>History and Timeline</h2> <span class="box-img-wrapper float-right ml-2 mb-2"> <div class="field field--name-field-card-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div media-view-mode="default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-02/1982-endoscopy.jpg" width="75" height="113" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" /> </div> </div></div> </span> <div class="box-body-wrapper"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-card-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cancer prevention and early detection research has been thriving at the National Cancer Institute for more than 45 years. Historic milestones in the science of cancer prevention are viewable on a timeline from the 1970s to today.</p></div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field__item mw-100" style="flex: 1;"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--link-box-dcp-pages paragraph--view-mode--default box-color-white btn--color--"> <span data-card-layout="no_image" data-card-height="cardheight-short"> <a class="hover-box d-block type-overwrite-content" href="/about-dcp/history-and-timeline/historical-resources" data-card-layout="" data-card-height="" data-title="Learn more about Historical Resources"> <h2> Historical Resources </h2> <div class="box-body-wrapper"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-card-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Cancer Prevention Science, Oral Histories, Past Reports, and articles from 20th Anniversary of the National Cancer Act.</div> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </a> </span> 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