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It absolutely is when you consider the strength of the research communities surrounding cancers and their treatments in the UK.

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I’ve heard that “charities” such as Cancer Research UK are actually business who invest very little of their income to actual research, instead paying relatively a lot more for media and payroll?

£545 million spent on research and £42 million on public information out of £672 million raised. So approx 13% spent on administration.

yes it should be better, but i would like to see a full comparison

Here is the actual study for your perusal

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147020451...

Unfortunately, it only covers the 7 countries that funded the study, but it is much more in depth than the news article.

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