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amount of $20,424,284 had.
been turned Over to 'thn.
National Cancer Institute Of
Canada and an 4000041
amount of $3,043,04 Was OIL
hand awaiting transfer to the
Institute subsequent to
September 30, 1981.
With the extra resources
available to the National
Cancer Institute of Canada,
the research wing of the
Canadian Cancer Society,
five new research, programs
have been developed to
been to ensure. that Am
made available through the
Terry Fox "Marathon of
Ho_ are used to add new
Ola4iOns to the cancer
research Programs con-
AUSted in Canada. This is
well illustrated in the Terry
Fox Special Initiatives
.1„Pra'grain which is designed
to Make it possible for
outstanding investigators to
realize their full potential in
'tamer research.
An attempt has also been
made to fulfill' the unmet
needs within Canadian
Faculties of Medicine by
makingswards from a Terry
Fox Special Cancer
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research or hiteileeeilleareh':' 71.stitutions topple,
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announced recently by the -tremendous pers�nality
National Cancer Institute of endures, and will endure
Canada are -The ' Terry Fox forever, _;
Cancer. Research Scientist _____
Award (to enable a limited pow c.c.,S. FPNA1._.
number of . investigators to WERE SPEr4r1'11148.4
devote more time to. their ,
cancer research activities) The amazing response of
and The Terry Fox Cancer Canadians to the Terry Fox
Research " Clerkship "Marathon of Hope" caused
Program (to stimulate the a Maier increase in, the in -
interest of medical C.91„4e of the Canafilan
Students). In both cases, the 'calico! Society during mi.
objective is to attract Inclusion of thesefunds.
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Questions ...
• from page 15
afterwards so it is not
unusual fortrials to take five
• to ten years to complete. One
basic premise underlying all
such clinical trials programs
is that no patient shall
' receive less care than is
presently considered to be
optimal and the protocols
are based on a consensus
among more than 100
clinical oncologists from all
• across Canada. They repre-
sent a striking
demonstration of the
benefits to be achieved from
a cooperative approach to a
• common problem. •
10. What type of support is
available for cancer
researdi?
Support is available for the
• conduct of research _pro-
grams and for the training of
individuals such as research
workers, clinicians seeking
specialized training or
others who can uniquely con-
tribute to meeting the needs
of the cancer patient.
Research awards may vary
from perhaps $2,000 to
• enable an investigator to
hire a summer student to
carry out a limited number
of experiments to over half a
million dollars a year to ma-
jor cancer research centres
'
such as the British Columbia
Cancer Research Centre in
Vancouver, the • Ontario
Cancer Institute in Toronto
or the Insitut du Cancer de
Montreal. These major pro-
grams cover such varied
fields as epidemiology,
pathological diagnosis of
tumours, radiobiology, im-
munology, virology
, -
chemotherapy and ) en-
vironmental carcinogenesis.
Young investigators, who
decide to seek 'training to
carry out research in the
field of cancer may be sup-
ported as graduate students
(either paid out of a research
grant or as the recipient of a
prestige Studentship), as a
postdoctoral fellow either
paid out of a grant or as the
recipient of a prestige
Fellowship), as a career in-
vestigator at the assistant,
associate or full professor
level or as a Clinical ,Trials
Scholar. The Canadian
Cancer Society and some of
its provincial divisions also
make support available to
enable clinicians to obtain
' further specialized training
to increase their ability to
care for the cancer patient.
In addition, there is also •
growing emphasis being
placed •by the Canadian
Cancer Society and the Na-
tional Cancer Institute of
Canada on the need to
develop special skills to care
for patients with advanced
•cancer. •
CANADIAN
CANCER
SOCIETY