Science and Technology - Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 25 July 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
INTRODUCTION
Government Cancer Strategy and the National
Cancer Director
Conduct of the Inquiry
The Nature of Malignancies
The Need for Research
Cancer incidence, survival and mortality
Cancer incidence, mortality and survival
rates, selected countries and regions
APPROACHES TO CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT
Diagnosis in Primary Care
Diagnosis in Secondary Care
Screening
Genetic Testing
Treatment of Cancer
Radiotherapy
Chemotherapy
Immunotherapy
Complementary Therapies
DELIVERY OF TREATMENT
Cancer Treatment Networks (Calman-Hine
Networks)
Local Cancer Units
Primary Care
Implementation of the Calman-Hine Recommendations
National Cancer Standards Framework
Education and Prevention
CANCER RESEARCH
Research into the Causes and Nature of
Cancer
Drug Discovery
Translational Research
Treatment and Clinical Trials
Access to Clinical Trials
The National Health Service as a Research
Environment
The Supply of Oncologists
Other Infrastructure Required for Research
Ethical Approval
Epidemiology and Public Health Research
The Data Protection Act 1998
Cancer - Statutory Registration
Socioeconomic and Ethnic Differences in Cancer
Incidence and Outcome
Research into Improving Patients' Quality
of Life
Palliative Care Research
Patient Involvement in Cancer Research
PAYING FOR CANCER RESEARCH
Research Charities Funding
The Wellcome Trust
Industry Funding
Government Funding
The Medical Research Council
The Higher Education Funding Councils
The Health Departments
Overall UK Government Cancer Research Funding
ORGANISING AND CO-ORDINATING CANCER RESEARCH
Co-ordination in Cancer Research
The UK Co-ordinating Committee on Cancer
Research
The Cancer Research Funders' Forum
Setting Strategies and Priorities in Cancer
Research
A National Cancer Institute
A National Cancer Act
CONCLUSIONS
Annex 1: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to the USA and Canada
Annex 2: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research,
Sutton
Annex 3: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to Helsinki
Annex 4: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to Belfast City Hospital and The Queen's University, Belfast
Annex 5: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to The Paterson Institute and the Christie Hospital
Annex 6: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to Beatson Oncology Centre, Glasgow
Annex 7: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to Newcastle University and the General Hospital, Newcastle
Annex 8: Summary of the Committee's Visit
to St Mary's Hospital
GLOSSARY
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO
THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES
OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
UNPRINTED MEMORANDA
LIST OF REPORTS
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 332-II)
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