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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S. National Cancer Program and conducts and supports research training health information dissemination and other activities related to the causes prevention diagnosis and treatment of cancer; the supportive care of cancer patients and their families; and cancer survivorship.