National Cancer Institute

US research institute, part of National Institutes of Health
Organization research_institute Q664846
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National Cancer Institute

Summary

National Cancer Institute is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Cancer Institute's field of work was cancer[3].
  • National Cancer Institute's field of work was oncology[4].
  • National Cancer Institute is in the country of United States[5].
  • National Cancer Institute's image is recorded as Wooden sign.jpg[6].
  • National Cancer Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute[7].
  • National Cancer Institute's founder is recorded as Franklin Delano Roosevelt[8].
  • National Cancer Institute's logo image is recorded as National Cancer Institute logo.svg[9].
  • National Cancer Institute's logo image is recorded as NCI ESP Stacked COLOR.png[10].
  • National Cancer Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Bethesda[11].
  • National Cancer Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000419368075[12].
  • National Cancer Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158945649[13].
  • National Cancer Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138365015[14].
  • National Cancer Institute's GND ID is recorded as 37678-4[15].
  • National Cancer Institute's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79107940[16].
  • National Cancer Institute's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11865055d[17].
  • National Cancer Institute's IdRef ID is recorded as 026395134[18].
  • National Cancer Institute's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01152106[19].
  • National Cancer Institute's location is recorded as United States National Institutes of Health[20].
  • National Cancer Institute's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00772422[21].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute[22].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer Institute[23].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as Center for Cancer Research[24].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research[25].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as Carolina Institute for NanoMedicine[26].
  • National Cancer Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as NCI Community Oncology Research Program[27].

Body

Founding

National Cancer Institute's founder is recorded as Franklin Delano Roosevelt[8]. +1937-08-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

National Cancer Institute's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NCI'}[29].

Leadership

National Cancer Institute's chairperson is recorded as Norman Sharpless[30]. Its director / manager is recorded as Norman Sharpless[31].

Operations

National Cancer Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Bethesda[11]. Parent organizations include United States National Institutes of Health[32], an United States federal agency[33], in United States[34], founded in 1887[35], headquartered in Bethesda[36] and United States Public Health Service[37], an United States federal agency[38], in United States[39], founded in 1798[40], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[41]. Subsidiaries include Division of Cancer Prevention, it[22]; Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, it[23]; Center for Cancer Research[24], a facility[42], in United States[43]; Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research[25], a federally funded research and development center[44], in United States[45], founded in 1972[46]; Carolina Institute for NanoMedicine[26], a facility[47], in United States[48], founded in 2005[49]; and NCI Community Oncology Research Program[27].

Industry

Fields of work include cancer[3], a class of disease[50] and oncology[4], a medical specialty[51].

Why It Matters

National Cancer Institute ranks in the top 2% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . National Cancer Institute Act Text of the Act of August 5, 1937, creating the National Cancer Institute and authorizing an appropriation therefor. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . National Cancer Institute Act Text of the Act of August 5, 1937, creating the National Cancer Institute and authorizing an appropriation therefor. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . National Cancer Institute Act Text of the Act of August 5, 1937, creating the National Cancer Institute and authorizing an appropriation therefor. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ned.nih.gov. Retrieved . ned.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . CiNii. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Facebook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . Facebook. Retrieved . ned.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . Facebook. Retrieved . facebook.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . National Cancer Institute Act Text of the Act of August 5, 1937, creating the National Cancer Institute and authorizing an appropriation therefor. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Facebook. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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