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THE IRISH CANCER Society has allocated €7.5 million in funding to set up a Collaborative Cancer Research Centre in Ireland.
The move, revealed by head of research Professor John Fitzpatrick today, has been welcomed as a “major step forward” in delivering the organisation’s vision for cancer research on the island.
The centre will aim to stimulate collaboration by linking together already-established cancer research disciplines and institutions. It hopes to achieve greater combined expertise across population-based, translational and clinical research.
The development will mean resources are shared rather than groups with similar aims competing for the same funding. Early-stage clinical studies will also be initiated.
“The quality of cancer care is dependent on the quality of cancer research being undertaken,” said Professor Fitzpatrick, “and it is our intention at the Irish Cancer Society to introduce funding for a number of Collaborative Research centres across Ireland that will deliver excellent research for the benefit of patients.”
The Society has called on existing cancer research groups interested in collaborative projects to make pre-proposal submissions by the end of next month. To be eligible, organisations must have one Principle Investigator and between two and nine co-investigators.
Themes of research may relate to specific, single-organ cancer or specific mechanism of the disease, as well as survivorship in cancer.
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this is a long overdue initiative – well done.
A major step in Cancer research.
I was told that cancer will effect one in three.
Mike, it already does sadly.
When they say “Ireland” do they mean all 32 counties or just the Republic?
Belfast already has an active research centre but it would make sense to link it with centres in the Republic.
Cancer does not recognise borders!
What a complete waste of scarce resources when every Teaching Hospital in Ireland already carries out collaborative clinical research. We also have independent collaborative Groups such as ICORG and this so called initiative will just create expensive duplication with mostly public monies. Give me a break.
Well done more research
What about Rick Simpson?
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