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National Cancer Institute (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. Through basic and clinical biomedical research and training, it conducts and supports research with the objective of cancer prevention, early stage identification and elimination. This Institute was established in 1937.

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Abstract

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. Through basic and clinical biomedical research and training, it conducts and supports research with the objective of cancer prevention, early stage identification and elimination. This Institute was established in 1937.

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2 entry terms
  • NCI (US)
  • National Cancer Institute

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

2008

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Previous Indexing

  • National Institutes of Health (1966-2007)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Cancer Institute (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054547. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054547
  2. National Cancer Institute (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cancer_Institute
  3. National Cancer Institute (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664846