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ArticleJCO global oncology2021

Trends in International Cancer Research Investment 2006-2018.

Rachel Abudu, Gauthier Bouche, Karima Bourougaa, Lynne Davies, Kalina Duncan, Carla Estaquio, Anna Diaz Font, Marc S Hurlbert, Paul Jackson, Linda Kroeskop-Bossenbroek and 7 more

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Article in JCO global oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Cancer research funding in South Asia.Journal of cancer policy · 2024
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  12. Advancing on pancreatic cancer.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Rachel AbuduLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7739-0591
Gauthier BoucheAnticancer Fund, Brabant, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3407-2788
Karima BourougaaInstitut National du Cancer, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0339-962X
Lynne DaviesInternational Cancer Research Partnership, Cardiff, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2066-7008
Kalina DuncanUS National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Carla EstaquioInstitut National du Cancer, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Anna Diaz FontWorld Cancer Research Fund International, London, United Kingdom.
Marc S HurlbertMelanoma Research Alliance, Washington, DC.ORCID 0000-0003-3301-3572
Paul JacksonCancer Australia, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.
Linda Kroeskop-BossenbroekDutch Cancer Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ian LewisNational Cancer Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3485-6694
Giota MitrouWorld Cancer Research Fund International, London, United Kingdom.
Abdul MutabbirNational Cancer Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
Christopher A PettigrewNational Breast Cancer Foundation, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Lynn TurnerWorldwide Cancer Research HQ, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Annemarie WeermanDutch Cancer Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Kari WojtanikSusan G. Komen, Dallas, TX.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The International Cancer Research Partnership (ICRP) is an active network of cancer research funding organizations, sharing information about funded research projects in a common database. Data are publicly available to enable the cancer research community to find potential collaborators and avoid duplication. This study presents an aggregated analysis of projects funded by 120 partner organizations and institutes in 2006-2018, to highlight trends in cancer research funding. Overall, the partners' funding for cancer research increased from $5.562 billion (bn) US dollars (USD) in 2006 to $8.511bn USD in 2018, an above-inflation increase in funding. Analysis by the main research focus of projects using Common Scientific Outline categories showed that Treatment was the largest investment category in 2018, followed by Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis; Cancer Biology; Etiology; Control, Survivorship, and Outcomes; and Prevention. Over the 13 years covered by this analysis, research funding into Treatment and Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis had increased in terms of absolute investment and as a proportion of the portfolio. Research funding in Cancer Biology and Etiology declined as a percentage of the portfolio, and funding for Prevention and Control, Survivorship and Outcomes remained static. In terms of cancer site-specific research, funding for breast cancer and colorectal cancer had increased in absolute terms but declined as a percentage of the portfolio. By contrast, investment for brain cancer, lung cancer, leukemia, melanoma, and pancreatic cancer increased both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the portfolio.

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PMID33909474
PMCPMC8162963

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