1996 Press Releases NCI Analysis of Home Radon Studies Finds Small Increase in Lung Cancer Risk, in Line with Predictions from Miner Studies 12/31/96 Cancer Genome Anatomy Project 12/29/96 25th Anniversary: The National Cancer Program 12/29/96 Selenium Supplements Lower Incidence of Lung, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancers 12/24/96 National Institutes of Health to Hold Consensus Conference on Breast Cancer Screening12/6/96 Cancer Death Rate Declined for the First Time Ever in the 1990s 11/14/96 Statement on the Decline in Cancer Mortality by Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services 11/14/96 Smoking May Be Risk Factor for Breast Cancer in Post-menopausal Women With Mutations in Detoxifying Enzyme11/12/96 New Technology Assists Scientists in the Study of Early Cancer11/7/96 Cigarette Smoke or Alcohol Consumption May Enhance Adverse Effects of Beta Carotene in Vitamin Prevention Trials11/5/96 NCI Announces Monograph on FTC Test Method 10/8/96 NCI's Largest Cancer Screening Trial Seeks Men and Women Ages 55 to 74 10/8/96 Four Programs Receive Grants to Develop Model Cancer Survivorship Programs for Minority Populations 10/5/96 NIH Funds Four Oral Cancer Research Centers 10/2/96 Scientist Confirm Natural Resistance to HIV-1 9/26/96 Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Will Need Fewer Women for Completion 9/10/96 Nitrate in Drinking Water Associated With Increased Risk for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 9/6/96 President Clinton's Proposal to Regulate Tobacco Under the Food and Drug Administration 8/23/96 NCI and Patient Advocates Launch Clinical Trials Partnership on the World Wide Web 8/5/96 Anna T. Meadows, M.D., is Named to Head Office of Cancer Survivorship 8/1/96 NCI Budget Projects a New Vision for Cancer Research 6/10/96 Recruitment Effort for BRCA1 Ashkenazi Study is Complete 6/4/96 Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome 6/3/96 New Report Investigates Insurance Coverage of Breast Cancer Treatment 5/28/96 NCI Launches First Clinical Trial of AIDS Vaccine for Children 5/28/96 New Study Shows Dramatic Survival for Patients with Nasopharyngeal Cancers 5/20/96 Current Press Releases | Press Releases 1999 | 1998 Press Releases | 1997 Press Releases