Editing Cancer research (section)

== Difficulties ==
Difficulties inherent to cancer research are shared with many types of [[biomedical research]].

Cancer research processes have been criticised. These include, especially in the US, for the financial resources and positions required to conduct research. Other consequences of competition for research resources appear to be a substantial number of research publications whose results cannot be [[Replicability|replicated.]]<ref name="Alberts_2014">{{cite journal | vauthors = Alberts B, Kirschner MW, Tilghman S, Varmus H | title = Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 111 | issue = 16 | pages = 5773–7 | date = April 2014 | pmid = 24733905 | pmc = 4000813 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1404402111 | bibcode = 2014PNAS..111.5773A | url = | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/health/policy/24cancer.html|title=Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer| vauthors = Kolata G |date=23 April 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=2009-12-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114120509/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/health/policy/24cancer.html|archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/research/28cancer.html|title=Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe| vauthors = Kolata G |date=27 June 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=2009-12-29|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608133344/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/health/research/28cancer.html|archive-date=8 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/22/365076/index.htm |title=Why We're Losing The War on Cancer | vauthors = Leaf C |date=22 March 2004 |publisher=Fortune Magazine (CNN Money) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502084608/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/22/365076/index.htm |archive-date=2014-05-02 }}</ref>

===Replicability===
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