Editing Cancer research (section)

{{Short description|Research into causes and treatment of cancer}}

{{About|research into cancer, in general|the UK-based charity|Cancer Research UK|the journal|Cancer Research (journal)}}

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'''Cancer research''' is research into [[cancer]] to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure.

Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of [[clinical trial]]s to evaluate and compare applications of the various cancer treatments. These applications include surgery, [[radiation therapy]], [[chemotherapy]], [[hormone therapy]], [[immunotherapy]] and combined treatment modalities such as chemo-radiotherapy. Starting in the mid-1990s, the emphasis in clinical cancer research shifted towards therapies derived from [[biotechnology]] research, such as [[cancer immunotherapy]] and [[gene therapy]].

Cancer research is done in academia, research institutes, and corporate environments, and is largely government funded.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}