The committee agrees that to completely separate the cancer research effort from NIH could endanger the overall biomedical research effort.The committee believes that effective implementation of a substantially increased effort against cancer will require strengthening of present organizational arrangement within NIH.While it is true that breakthroughs in science are often serendipitous, and cannot be forced, the committee feels that a substantial increase in resources, along with increased organization efficiency will shorten the time necessary to achieve them.” There seems to be a consensus among cancer researchers that they are within striking distance of achieving the basic understanding of cancer cells which has eluded the most brilliant medical minds in the world. “There is broad agreement that cancer research has advanced to the stage where a substantial increase in resources and effort could be very productive. The Committee on Labor and Public Welfare submitted the following report to accompany S. Establish an international cancer research data bank that collects, catalogues, stores, and disseminates results of cancer researchĬommittee Report No.Collaborate with other federal, state, or local public agencies and private industry.Expand the physical location at NIH and other research facilities across the country.Appoint advisory committees, allowing the director to explore new issues/opportunities.Create new cancer centers and manpower training programs.The director of NCI was given additional authorities, in consultation with NCAB, under the act that include:.The NCI director and members of the NCAB and PCP be presidential appointees.The annual budget of NCI, called the bypass budget, be submitted directly to the President, bypassing traditional approval by the NIH or the Department of Health and Human Services required of other NIH institutes.A three-member panel, the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP), review the program by holding periodic public hearings and submitting an annual progress report directly to the President.The NCAB also includes ex officio members from other government agencies. The program be developed by the NCI director with the advice of the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB), a presidentially appointed committee of 18 members, including both distinguished scientists and laypersons from the general public.
This bill strengthened NCI in carrying out the national effort against cancer by creating the National Cancer Program. With input from the NCAB, the NCI director may create new cancer centers and researcher and physician training programs, appoint advisory committees, award contracts for research, expand the physical location at NIH and other research facilities, conduct cancer control activities, establish an international cancer research data bank, award research grants, and collaborate with other federal, state, or local public agencies and private industry.įinally, the act provided additional funding for NCI to establish 15 new cancer research centers, local control programs, and an international cancer research data bank. It also established the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP), a three-member panel that submits an annual report on a special topic to the President and holds periodic public hearings. In addition to expanding the authority of the NCI director, the act required the creation of a new National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB), a presidentially appointed committee of 18 members, to assist NCI in developing its programs. It established the procedure for submitting NCI’s annual budget proposal, called the “professional judgement budget,” which is transmitted directly from the NCI director to the President and Congress.
The act granted broad authority to the director of NCI to plan and develop a National Cancer Program that included NCI, other research institutes, and other federal and nonfederal programs. This legislation was an amendment to the Public Health Service Act of 1944 and represented the US commitment to what President Nixon described as the “war on cancer,” which had become the nation’s second leading cause of death by 1970. The National Cancer Institute was established in its current form by the National Cancer Act of 1971, signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
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