HLSC 3464U Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, International Agency For Research On Cancer, Oncology
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Some global and national organizations that try to provide all of the funds at the local level: un wanted to work altogether, who involved infectious diseases as these were more prevalent at that time. Cancer research in canada is run by 3-4 institutions: each group has to collect their own money, groups have to go outward and look for money there is no one place to get money. Each province has their own cancer research organization. Health professionals need to be agents of change. For every cancer there is an organization (eg. canadian breast cancer. There are different ways of collecting money (eg. runs) some fund cancer in general or a specific type of cancer. National fundraiser for cancer stand up for cancer 8-10 years, has collected more money than terry fox, uses famous people to get money. Regional cancer centre each region has a cancer center; mostly do clinical work, treatment, some research main goal is to treat cancer.
