National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the United States federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training, and the first institute of the present-day National Institutes of Health. The NCI is a federally funded research and development center, one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program.

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United States federal government's - Cancer - Research - Training - National Institutes of Health - Federally funded research and development center - Public Health Service - United States Department of Health and Human Services

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The National Cancer Institute is at Fort Detrick, in Frederick, Maryland.

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Fort Detrick - Frederick, Maryland

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