The organizational units that make up the DCTD represent dedicated scientists, professionals, and support staff who work as a team in bringing the best cancer treatment and diagnosis research activities to the public. Visit the Web sites of the programs and branches that make up the DCTD.

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	Cancer Diagnosis Program - supports and funds the molecular characterization of tumors and the development and access of technology, specimen resources, and information databases for cancer diagnostics
	Cancer Imaging Program - supports and funds the discovery, design and development of molecular imaging agents and devices and the infrastructure and research for the conduct of clinical trials with imaging technology for detection, diagnosis, and treatment
	Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program - supports and funds the infrastructure, design, development, and conduct of early to late phase clinical trials in children and adults with cancer with medical, radiation, and surgical approaches
	Developmental Therapeutics Program - supports and funds resources, databases and research on preclinical drug discovery and development for the treatment of children and adults with cancer
	Radiation Research Program - supports and funds radiation biology and development of technology for radiation planning and approaches for treatment
	Biometrics Research Branch - provides the statistical methods for the development and clinical testing of diagnostics, imaging technologies, and therapeutics