title: [National Strategic Promotion for Large-Scale Clinical Cancer Research].
abstract: The number of clinical research by clinical cancer study groups has been decreasing this year in Japan. They say the reason is the abolition of donations to the groups from the pharmaceutical companies after the Diovan scandal. But I suppose fundamental problem is that government-supported large-scale clinical cancer study system for evidence based medicine (EBM) has not been fully established. An urgent establishment of the system based on the national strategy is needed for the cancer patients and the public health promotion.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, Former Director General of the Health Service Bureau Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan.
authors.forename: Senya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toyama
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000191:economics; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms