title: Cancer: a challenge to clinicians and biomedical scientists.
abstract: The multidisciplinary study of cancer by clinical and scientific oncologists is discussed. This approach is proposed as the optimal method of improving our understanding of the disease. The future role of general hospitals and of University Medical Schools in creating the appropriate environment for such work is outlined.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D012106:Research; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education; D013727:Terminal Care; D006113:United Kingdom