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| October 21, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Edinburgh Evening News)

Byline: JULIA HORTON

SCIENTISTS are to be directed to carry out more research into the prevention of cancer instead of concentrating almost exclusively on finding a cure .

The first comprehensive survey of how cancer research cash is spent in the UK revealed today that just two per cent of the 257 million pounds being spent by the country's biggest funders goes on looking at ways of preventing the disease.

Only six per cent supported research into relieving the pain of patients and assessing their chances of survival.

Now some of the UK's biggest charities and the Government are to look at ways of…

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