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This national program stimulates, coordinates and funds resources and research for the development of innovative in vitro diagnostics, novel diagnostic technologies and appropriate human specimens in order to better characterize cancers and allow improved medical decision making and evaluation of response to treatment.</p> <p>For more information about the Cancer Diagnosis Program and its Branches, please click <a href="/aboutCDP/mission.htm">here</a>.</p> </div> <div id="otherNews"> <h2>News and Announcements</h2> <div id="newsblock1"> <div class="article"> <div class="articleDate">10/2024</div> <div class="articleLink">Registration is now open for the Transformative Microsystem Technologies for Cancer Diagnostics, Monitoring Treatment Response, and Management Workshop, taking place virtually on February 5-6, 2025. 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