Center for Cancer Research
E16956
The Center for Cancer Research is the intramural research arm of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, conducting basic, translational, and clinical studies to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Center for Cancer Research canonical | 1 |
| NCI CCR | 1 |
| NCI Center for Cancer Research | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T129528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Center for Cancer Research Context triple: [National Cancer Institute, hasDivision, Center for Cancer Research]
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A.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is an MIT-based interdisciplinary research center that combines biology, engineering, and technology to advance the understanding, detection, and treatment of cancer.
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B.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the U.S. federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training, leading nationwide efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
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C.
Division of Cancer Biology
The Division of Cancer Biology is a branch of the National Cancer Institute that supports and coordinates research on the fundamental biological mechanisms underlying cancer development and progression.
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D.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics is a research branch of the U.S. National Cancer Institute that investigates the causes, distribution, and genetic factors of cancer in human populations.
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E.
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis is a branch of the National Cancer Institute that supports the development, evaluation, and clinical testing of new cancer therapies and diagnostic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Center for Cancer Research Target entity description: The Center for Cancer Research is the intramural research arm of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, conducting basic, translational, and clinical studies to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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A.
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research is an MIT-based interdisciplinary research center that combines biology, engineering, and technology to advance the understanding, detection, and treatment of cancer.
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B.
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is the U.S. federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training, leading nationwide efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer.
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C.
Division of Cancer Biology
The Division of Cancer Biology is a branch of the National Cancer Institute that supports and coordinates research on the fundamental biological mechanisms underlying cancer development and progression.
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D.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
The Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics is a research branch of the U.S. National Cancer Institute that investigates the causes, distribution, and genetic factors of cancer in human populations.
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E.
Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
The Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis is a branch of the National Cancer Institute that supports the development, evaluation, and clinical testing of new cancer therapies and diagnostic tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biomedical research organization
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cancer research center ⓘ intramural research program ⓘ |
| affiliation |
NIH Clinical Center
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surface form:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
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| alsoKnownAs |
Center for Cancer Research
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surface form:
NCI CCR
Center for Cancer Research ⓘ
surface form:
NCI Center for Cancer Research
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| employs |
basic scientists
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clinical researchers ⓘ physician-scientists ⓘ translational researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
basic cancer research
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cancer diagnosis ⓘ cancer prevention ⓘ cancer research ⓘ cancer treatment ⓘ clinical cancer research ⓘ oncology ⓘ translational cancer research ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
United States government
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surface form:
U.S. federal government
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| hasPart |
clinical research programs
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laboratory research branches ⓘ translational research groups ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ |
| inception | 1998 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bethesda, Maryland
ⓘ
Frederick, Maryland ⓘ |
| mission | advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
U.S. federal government
|
| parentOrganization |
National Cancer Institute
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National Institutes of Health ⓘ |
| partOf | National Cancer Institute ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
basic laboratory research
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biomarker discovery ⓘ clinical trials ⓘ development of immunotherapies ⓘ development of targeted therapies ⓘ translational research ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cancer genetics
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cancer genomics ⓘ cell signaling in cancer ⓘ drug development for cancer ⓘ early-phase cancer clinical trials ⓘ immuno-oncology ⓘ mechanisms of cancer development ⓘ molecular oncology ⓘ tumor microenvironment ⓘ |
| website | https://ccr.cancer.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Center for Cancer Research Description of subject: The Center for Cancer Research is the intramural research arm of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, conducting basic, translational, and clinical studies to advance cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NCI Center for Cancer Research
this entity surface form:
NCI CCR