Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 192-203 , June 2009

Has the US Cancer Centre model been ‘successful’? Lessons for the European cancer community

  • Richard Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Kings College London, Integrated Cancer Centre, Guy's Hospital, Bermondsey Wing, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK
    • European Cancer Research Managers Foundation for the study of the social and political policy of cancer (Oncopolicy), UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationKings College London, Integrated Cancer Centre, Guy's Hospital, Bermondsey Wing, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK. Tel.: +44 7720398401.

Received 14 March 2009 ,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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☆ This work was supported by European Cancer Research Managers Foundation. The MS Excel macros used to perform the geographical analysis of the papers were written by Dr Philip Roe. Prof Grant Lewison, Evalumetrics and University College London, UK provided the analysis for . Part of this research was conducted whilst RS was at Cancer Research UK.

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doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2009.03.002

Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 192-203 , June 2009

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