National Cancer Institute
American governmental health agency
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| 2024 | Scheduled demolition of the Frank Erwin Center to prepare for the new MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT Austin teaching hospital site. |
| 2024 | Newsweek ranked MD Anderson Cancer Center #1 in their annual list of the World's Best Specialized Hospitals in oncology. |
| 2024 | Named #1 among the 10 Most High-Tech Cancer Hospitals in America by Asbestos.com and ranked #1 in cancer care by U.S. News & World Report for the 2024-2025 period. |
| 2023 | Revealed plans to expand global oncology initiatives in Mozambique and Brazil, including a four-year partnership to enhance cancer prevention and treatment. Received a $5.1 million NIH grant to support cervical cancer prevention and treatment for women living with HIV. |
| 2023 | MD Anderson Cancer Center invested $1.2 billion in research and ranked first in the number of National Cancer Institute grants. |
| 2023 | Groundbreaking for a new 600,000-square-foot facility in the Helix Park of the Texas Medical Center, which will house strategic research programs including the James P. Allison Institute. |
| December 18 2023 | Kimryn Rathmell becomes the seventeenth NCI Director. |
| August 14 2023 | The University of Texas System announced plans to build a new MD Anderson Cancer Center in Austin, Texas, located on the site of the Frank Erwin Center adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin campus. The center will collaborate with a new UT Austin teaching hospital. |
| 2022 | Initiated a new international collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the incidence and impact of women's cancers globally. |
| October 17 2022 | Monica Bertagnolli becomes the sixteenth NCI Director and the first woman to hold the position. |
| September 2022 | Launched the MD Anderson Cancer Center Africa Initiative as part of the Global Oncology Program, aiming to reduce cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries through education, training, and collaborative research. |
| 2020 | The National Cancer Institute had an annual budget of $6.9 billion, being the largest and oldest of the 27 institutes and centers of the NIH. |
| November 2019 | Norman Sharpless returned to NCI as director. |
| April 2019 | Norman Sharpless left NCI to serve as acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs. |
| 2018 | Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center opened at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado, expanding the network's presence. |
| 2018 | James P. Allison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. |
| September 2018 | MD Anderson collaborated with The University of Texas Medical Branch to move the Bay Area location to a newly built facility in League City, Texas. |
| 2017 | AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Cancer Center in Merriam, Kansas joined the MD Anderson Cancer Network. |
| October 17 2017 | Norman Sharpless was sworn in as the 15th director of the National Cancer Institute. |
| 2016 | 21st Century Cures Act increased funding for biomedical research; 'Cancer Moonshot' program promised additional cancer research support. |
| October 2015 | Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center launched in Jacksonville, Florida, adding another location to the MD Anderson Cancer Network. |
| 2014 | Nita Ambani became the first Indian businessperson to join the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors (BOV). |
| 2014 | MD Anderson Cancer Center begins its consecutive #1 ranking in cancer care by U.S. News & World Report, a position it has maintained through 2024. |
| 2014 | The National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) was formed by transforming the existing Cooperative Group program to support precision medicine clinical trials, modernizing the clinical trial approach for cancer research. |
| 2013 | Juan Fueyo, M.D., and Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, M.D., create an experimental therapy using adenovirus to target and treat brain tumors. Additionally, Lyda Hill pledges $50 million to the Moon Shots Program. |
| October 2013 | MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper was established in Camden, New Jersey, further extending the organization's nationwide network. |
| 2012 | MD Anderson launches the Moon Shots Program, a bold initiative aimed at accelerating the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that significantly impact patient care. |
| 2011 | Mid Campus building, a 25-story structure supporting office space and future growth needs, was opened. |
| 2011 | Center for Cancer Genomics (CCG) was created, taking responsibility for managing The Cancer Genome Atlas and cancer genomics initiatives. |
| September 2011 | Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center opened in Gilbert, Arizona, expanding the MD Anderson Cancer Network to the Greater Phoenix area. |
| July 12 2010 | Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize co-winner for studies of the genetic basis of cancer, becomes the fourteenth NCI Director. |
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