Office of Advocacy Relations

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The NCI Office of Advocacy Relations (OAR) is NCI’s principal conduit for engaging the cancer advocacy community. OAR works with the entire cancer advocacy community—from individual research advocates to national advocacy organizations and foundations—to create a culture of advocate engagement at the NCI. As part of the Center for External Affairs, OAR facilitates meaningful engagements between the community and NCI that improve understanding, opportunity, and progress in cancer research.

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    Research Advocacy at NCI

    The cancer patient perspective that research advocates bring into NCI’s research enterprise helps to inform research focus and support the dissemination of results that lead to new and better cancer prevention, detection, and treatment methods.

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    About the NCI Council of Research Advocates

    The NCI Council of Research Advocates advises NCI on matters that facilitate better research outcomes.

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    Contact the Office of Advocacy Relations

    Contact information for the Office of Advocacy Relations, including staff directory.