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NCI is not the only place working on cancer, all the top universities and hospitals have huge departments working on it
by yread 6y ago
NCI is not the only place working on cancer, all the top universities and hospitals have huge departments working on it
- hobofan 6y agoHow many of the grants for the research groups/hospitals at the universities come from NCI though? If you have a more complete number, I'd be happy to hear it, but from what I can gather, the bulk of cancer research funding goes through NCI.
- yread 6y agoI've found this: 100B in 2015 (worldwide). It probably didn't go down since then www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/05/05/global-cancer-spending-reaches-100b
- hobofan 6y agoThat's cancer _treatment_, not cancer _research_, which is a whole different ballpark.
- yread 6y agoAh yes, you're right. I just couldn't believe the number is that low since it looks so big from the inside (AACR had like 100k attendees). Especially when you compare this number to tech acquisitions...