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The Inquiry: Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

Are We Fighting Cancer The Right Way?

31/05/2016 GMT

Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

The World Health Organisation says cancer rates around the world are rising fast

Experts tell us new ideas are being stifled, too little is spent on treating early-stage cancer and we are not doing enough to prevent cancer in the first place.

The World Health Organisation says the number of cancer cases will rise by 70% over the next 20 years. A huge amount of effort and money is spent fighting the disease. But are we getting that fight right? In this special hour-long edition of The Inquiry four expert witnesses tell us new ideas are being stifled, that there is not enough money being spent on drugs to treat early-stage cancer and that we are not doing enough to stop people from getting cancer in the first place. We put that evidence to someone in a position to do something about it - Dr Francis Collins, director of the US National Institutes of Health, the world's largest biomedical research agency, with a budget of $32 billion.

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