Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Cancer, Fraud, and Bad Biotech! (from former science student....)
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FRAUD IS STILL FRAUD AND NO EXCUSE TO STEAL RESEARCH FROM THE PUBLIC!
This is Everyone's Opportunity to Hold Corrupt Businessmen Accountable and Help Make Society Better.
Dear Reader, when I first started this journey I was a student who believed I could contribute to society by discovering science of medical value. I did just that , but to my complete amazement I found myself in trouble with corrupt people...........cont'd
abstract: Sorafenib as a third line therapy in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal cancer: A phase II study
CONCLUSION: Sorafenib fails to achieve sufficient objective response or sustained disease stabilization as third-line treatment for EOC.
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Cancer Society spends more on fundraising than research - Canada - CBC News
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"An Ontario cancer researcher is concerned that the Canadian Cancer Society has proportionally shifted funding away from research and is spending more of its dollars on fundraising and administration costs.
"Most scientists don’t realize that the budget has been going up and up, and donations have been growing, but the budget for research has been shrinking," said Brian Lichty, a researcher at McMaster University who is looking into treating cancer with viruses that kill tumours. "So they are surprised and disappointed when they find out that this is the case, and the trend."
CBC's Marketplace analyzed the Canadian Cancer Society’s financial reports dating back a dozen years. It discovered that each year, as the society raised more dollars, the proportion of money it spent on research dropped dramatically — from 40.3 per cent in 2000 to under 22 per cent in 2011.........."But when Marketplace scrutinized the financial reports, it found that a greater percentage of funds was not being directed toward support, information and advocacy.........cont'd
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