Open AccessResearch Output and the Public Health Burden of Cancer: Is There Any Relationship?
Author(s) -
Francis Patafio,
Steven C. Brooks,
Xupan Wei,
Yingwei Peng,
James Biagi,
Chris Booth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.23.2935
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , clinical trial , colorectal cancer , breast cancer , clinical research , public health , pancreatic cancer , prostate cancer , gerontology , oncology , family medicine , pathology
The relative distribution of research output across cancer sites is not well described. Here, we evaluate whether the volume of published research is proportional to the public health burden of individual cancers. We also explore whether research output is proportional to research funding.
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