2010-2011-Annual Report English: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

http://www.partnershipagainstcancer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010-2011-Annual-Report-English.pdf
 

• (pages 55+)  STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION As at March 31, 2011 (with comparative figures)

(search) "ovarian":

• In collaboration with the Terry Fox Research Institute, the
  following progress occurred in other areas: Pilot projects in translational research related to ovarian and prostate cancer were funded.
• Anticipatory Science: Part 1 of an ovarian cancer screening summary, which will be updated with mortality statistics in 2011/12
• Surgery: Electronic synoptic reporting (summary/general overview) for cancer surgery was successfully implemented in selected centres in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta for surgery for four disease sites: breast, colorectal, ovarian and head/neck.
• Electronic synoptic reporting for cancer surgery was
  successfully implemented in selected centres in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta for surgery for four disease sites: breast, colorectal, ovarian and head/neck.
• The first of five ICBP modules produced robust and comparable analyses of cancer survival among all ICBP partners. Survival rates for four cancers — lung, breast, colorectal and ovarian — were analyzed and presented as a scientific paper in The Lancet in December 2010

abstract: Curr Oncol. 2012 Apr;19(2):70-7. Accelerating knowledge to action: the pan-Canadian cancer control strategy (including blogger's note)

Blogger's Note/Opinion: this is the medline abstract secondary to the recent posting via Oncology Reports; some points to consider: details of the history past need clarification so as not to presume certain statements; in fact a further ~$250 million was funded by the Canadian government at the 5 year renewal date; note also that the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer existed previously (name change), albeit without the current wider structure

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Accelerating knowledge to action: the pan-Canadia... [Curr Oncol. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI
 

Abstract

"In 2006, the federal government committed funding of $250 million over 5 years for the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Corporation to begin implementation of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control (cscc)...."

"Evaluation findings support the conclusions that Canada has made progress in achieving immediate outcomes (achievable in <5 years) associated with advancing its cancer control goals and that there is evidence that, with sustained effort, those goals will translate into a long-term (>25 years) impact on cancer."

"With the ongoing funding commitment to support coordinated action within a federated environment of health care delivery, there is opportunity to reduce the impact that cancer may have in the long term in Canada...."

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