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Berna Uygur1, Steven Ferguson2
1Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been an engine to transform and move innovative life science ideas to bedside solutions for public health since its establishment in 1887. Led by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH's role in cancer therapeutic development and its largely unseen technology transfer contributions are explored here in three major cancer types: breast, lung, and prostate cancer. The evaluation of publicly available data shows that the NIH, particularly with the activities of NCI, has strongly supported cancer research and has substantially improved public health, saving lives since the 1960s.
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