Open AccessThe flat‐funding years and the National Cancer Institute: Consequences for cancer research
Author(s) -
Hitt Emma
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.332
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1878-0261
pISSN - 1574-7891
DOI - 10.1016/j.molonc.2008.07.008
Subject(s) - pace , funding agency , cancer , agency (philosophy) , principal (computer security) , political science , medicine , public administration , public relations , sociology , geography , social science , computer science , geodesy , operating system
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), the principal federal agency for cancer research and training in the US, has contended with a flat budget since 2004, which according to the institute's director is preventing the organisation from keeping pace with the increasing costs of biomedical research. Although the impact of these budget shortfalls are still being debated, Niederhuber believes these so‐called “flat‐funding years” may pave the way for worrying future trends, resulting in a paucity of novel cancer treatments, a lack of experienced researchers, and increasing mortality rates in years to come.