We thank the following members who submitted their data to be analysed (see below).
AMMF (The Alan Morement Memorial Fund)
Blood Cancer UK
Bone Cancer Research Trust
The Brain Tumour Charity
Brain Tumour Research
CCLG (Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group)
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust
CUP Foundation
The Eve Appeal
GUTS UK Charity
Leukaemia UK
Mesothelioma UK
Myeloma UK
Neuroendocrine Cancer UK
North West Cancer Research
Oracle Cancer Trust
Orchid Cancer Appeal
Ovarian Cancer Action
Pancreatic Cancer UK
Sarcoma UK
Solving Kids Cancer UK
Target Ovarian Cancer
The Urology Foundation
Wellbeing of Women
Special thanks to the member working group of Karen Noble of Brain Tumour Research and Liz Darlison of Mesothelioma UK, and to the Cancer52 policy group. Also to Jennifer Harris of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), who collated published evidence on rare and less common cancer research as part of the ABPI volunteer scheme.
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