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A comparison of cancer burden and research spending reveals discrepancies in the distribution of research funding

BACKGROUND: Ideally, the distribution of research funding for different types of cancer should be equitable with respect to the societal burden each type of cancer imposes. These burdens can be estimated in a variety of ways; “Years of Life Lost” (YLL) measures the severity of death in regard to the...

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Autores principales: Carter, Ashley JR, Nguyen, Cecine N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22800364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-526