Stories of Discovery
This collection of stories showcases how NCI-supported cancer research has led to landmark developments in our understanding of cancer biology, prevention, detection, and treatment and improved the lives of those with cancer.
Cancer Prevention
- Preventing Cervical Cancer: The Discovery of HPV Vaccines
- Preventing Stomach Cancer: The Link to H. pylori Bacteria
Cancer Detection
- Lung Cancer Screening Saves Lives: The National Lung Screening Trial
- Enhancing Breast and Ovarian Cancer Care: The Discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2
Adult Cancer Treatment
- Basic Science Paves the Way for Kidney Cancer Drug Belzutifan
- Developing the First Precision Immunotherapy
- Natural Compound Helps Treat Breast and Ovarian Cancers
- How Imatinib Transformed Leukemia Treatment and Cancer Research
- HER2's Genetic Link to Breast Cancer Spurs Development of New Treatments
- The Discovery of Cisplatin and Other Platinum-Based Treatments for Testicular and Other Cancers
- Treatment of Solid Tumor Cancers with the Chemotherapy Drug Methotrexate
- Using the Immune System in the Fight against Cancer: Discovery of Rituximab
- Targeted Treatments for a Type of Pancreatic Cancer: Rapamycin and Other mTOR Inhibitors
Childhood Cancer Treatment
- Selumetinib: The First Effective Treatment for Plexiform Neurofibromas
- Searching for Less-Toxic Cancer Treatments for Kids
- TARGET Initiatives Leading the Way to New and Exciting Discoveries in Childhood Cancers
- Harnessing the Power of Our Immune Systems to Treat Neuroblastoma: Discovery of ch14.18 Immunotherapy