Image of Styled Text: 2000s

• Prevalence of adult smoking declines to 20.9 percent.

• The drug Gleevec shown to be effective against chronic myelogenous leukemia.

• The drug raloxifene shown to reduce the incidence of invasive breast cancer to the same extent as tamoxifen but without the potentially dangerous side effects.

HPV Vaccine Approved!

Decorative Image: Health care official administering shot.

2000-2005 NCI appropriations $25.5 billion!