2020 SRK and DCDP Awards

DCEG postdoctoral fellows awarded the Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship and selected for Diversity Career Development Program.
Combination Therapy may increase risk of breast cancer in childhood cancer survivors.

Increased Risk of Breast Cancer after Childhood Cancer

Study finds combination radiotherapy and anthracycline chemotherapy to treat childhood cancer may increase risk of treatment-related breast cancer.
Anatomy of the thyroid and parathyroid glands; drawing shows the thyroid gland at the base of the throat near the trachea. An inset shows the front and back views. The front view shows that the thyroid is shaped like a butterfly, with the right lobe and left lobe connected by a thin piece of tissue called the isthmus. The back view shows the four pea-sized parathyroid glands. The larynx is also shown.

Obesity Associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer Increase

Overweight and obesity may have contributed to the rapid rise in papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the U.S.

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Research Training Areas

Current fellowship training opportunities offered by the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
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Scientific Position Openings

Scientific position openings in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

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DCEG sponsors seminars by inhouse experts, lectures by visiting scholars, and informal meetings--all on a wide range of scientific topics.
 

DCEG Fellowship Program Video

Learn more about the experience of our fellows in DCEG at the National Cancer Institute.