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Cancer Research UK has told Channel 4 News that it has, for the first time, had to turn down a trial on bladder cancer and another on mesothelioma, a form of cancer in the chest wall that affects 2,000 people in the UK every year.
Cancer Research UK tells Channel 4 News that it has, for the first time, had to turn down scientific trials because of a funding gap.
One of the world's leading cancer charities has, for the first time, had to turn down requests to fund trials into potentially life-saving treatments.
The charity's committee which decides on trial funding has a budget of approximately ?10m a year of which most is tied up in ongoing trials. This year is has about ?1.4m to spend on new trials and the two who have been turned down would cost ?500,000 to fund.
http://www.channel4.com/news/cancer-charity-forced-to-turn-down-trials
Cancer Research UK tells Channel 4 News that it has, for the first time, had to turn down scientific trials because of a funding gap.
One of the world's leading cancer charities has, for the first time, had to turn down requests to fund trials into potentially life-saving treatments.
The charity's committee which decides on trial funding has a budget of approximately ?10m a year of which most is tied up in ongoing trials. This year is has about ?1.4m to spend on new trials and the two who have been turned down would cost ?500,000 to fund.
http://www.channel4.com/news/cancer-charity-forced-to-turn-down-trials