NCI Advisory Boards Hold Joint Meeting This Week ► NCI Cancer Bulletin for June 26, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Cancer Bulletin for June 26, 2012 - National Cancer Institute

NCI Advisory Boards Hold Joint Meeting This Week

NCI’s Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) and the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) held a joint meeting June 24–25 on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD.
Drs. Harold Varmus, Doug Lowy, and James Doroshow opened the meeting with the NCI Director’s Report. Their presentation included a discussion on NCI’s Provocative Questions Project, as well as the absolute risk reduction in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). (See the NLST Patient and Physician Guide.)
Attendees then heard presentations on a number of topics, including a report on the President’s Cancer Panel, the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research strategic plan, highlights of efforts to improve the efficiency of NCI-sponsored clinical trials, and an update on the National Cancer Informatics Program.
The board members also recognized several departing BSA and NCAB members.
The agenda is available online, and an archived videocast of the meeting will be posted in a few days.