New research shows that funding for discovery research has declined by around 25% since 2006.
A decline in funding now could impact the development of new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in the future.
The UK based charity, Worldwide Cancer Research, has raised concerns over new findings, which show a shift away from funding research exploring the fundamental biology of cancer, also known as discovery research. The charity, which funds this type of research all over the world, says it is vital that funding is maintained in this area to continue starting new cancer cures.
The findings, published in the Journal of Global Oncology, shows that between 2006 and 2018 the percentage of annual funding from public and third sector organisations around the world going into discovery cancer research fell by around a quarter (or 10 percentage points). In comparison, the findings show a clear increase in the percentage of annual funding globally going towards translational or clin
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