TY - JOUR
T1 - Investments in cancer genomics
T2 - Who benefits and who decides
AU - Foster, Morris W.
AU - Mulvihill, John J.
AU - Sharp, Richard R.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - The Cancer Genome Atlas-formerly the Human Cancer Genome Project-provides an opportunity for considering how social concerns about resource allocation are interrelated with practical decisions about specific research strategies-part of a continuing convergence between scientific and public evaluations of priorities for biomedical research funding. For example, the manner, order, and extent that The Cancer Genome Atlas selects tumor types and populations to be sampled will determine who benefits most from its findings. Those choices will be determined on the basis of both scientific and social values. By soliciting public involvement and conducting rigorous policy analysis in the design of large scientific projects such as The Cancer Genome Atlas, cancer researchers can help democratize the allocation of scientific resources and foster public confidence in biomedical research.
AB - The Cancer Genome Atlas-formerly the Human Cancer Genome Project-provides an opportunity for considering how social concerns about resource allocation are interrelated with practical decisions about specific research strategies-part of a continuing convergence between scientific and public evaluations of priorities for biomedical research funding. For example, the manner, order, and extent that The Cancer Genome Atlas selects tumor types and populations to be sampled will determine who benefits most from its findings. Those choices will be determined on the basis of both scientific and social values. By soliciting public involvement and conducting rigorous policy analysis in the design of large scientific projects such as The Cancer Genome Atlas, cancer researchers can help democratize the allocation of scientific resources and foster public confidence in biomedical research.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075424
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075424
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17018822
AN - SCOPUS:33750480246
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 96
SP - 1960
EP - 1964
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 11
ER -