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...."
