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Decade in review—funding in cancer research

National Cancer Institute awards—a work in progress

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Over the past decade, funding for cancer research by the US government—and others—has stagnated, while the demand for investment has grown because of the increasing cancer incidence worldwide. We discuss how National Cancer Institute funding efforts have developed during this period, and the contemporary and future impact of these measures on cancer research in the USA.

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  1. Medical Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 10, Room 12N226, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA

    Tito Fojo

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College/Weill Cornell Cancer Center, 520 East 70th Street, Starr 341, New York, 10021, NY, USA

    Paraskevi Giannakakou

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Fojo, T., Giannakakou, P. National Cancer Institute awards—a work in progress. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 11, 634–636 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.173

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