Trump admin cancels funding for pediatric brain cancer trial

[lynnwinslow]

Gotta reduce that budget so we can give tax cuts to the wealthy!


A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.

Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out

A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ataraxia]

Well ya gotta focus on more important things first: like those cancer causing wind turbines and autism causing vaccines, right?

(If you don’t laugh, ya gotta cry)

 

[Callen]

Wonder whats it's costing to have the NG picking up trash in DC.

 

[lynnwinslow]

Wonder whats it's costing to have the NG picking up trash in DC.

I think the government has already spent way more than $4,000,000 on Trump's golf trips.

 

[Greenbeard]

Cancer research was reclassified as "waste, fraud, and abuse" months ago. I'm surprised they limped along for this long.

 

[Taylor]

Sounds like they're putting the money toward more promising treatments.

The National Cancer Institute said it will stop funding a 26-year-old collaboration with academic centers to help accelerate new pediatric brain tumor treatments.

 

[Greenbeard]

Sounds like they're putting the money toward more promising treatments.

The National Cancer Institute said it will stop funding a 26-year-old collaboration with academic centers to help accelerate new pediatric brain tumor treatments.

Alas, no.

World’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos - KFF Health News

After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%.

kffhealthnews.org

 

[element94]

I think the government has already spent way more than $4,000,000 on Trump's golf trips.

Willfully paying the way for a criminal dictator. We are in new territory.

 

[Airyaman]

Gotta reduce that budget so we can give tax cuts to the wealthy!


A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.

Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out

A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding.

www.nytimes.com

Pediatric? So out of the womb? All good with the "pro-fetus" party.

 

[Taylor]

Alas, no.

World’s Premier Cancer Institute Faces Crippling Cuts and Chaos - KFF Health News

After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%.

kffhealthnews.org

Au contraire...

“Over time the fields of pediatric drug development and brain tumor research have evolved considerably,” the HHS spokesperson said via email. “After reviewing this changing landscape, NCI has concluded that its resources can be used most effectively by expanding support for the Children’s Oncology Group Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN).”

“NCI will collaborate with PBTC and PEP-CTN to complete ongoing PBTC trials and ensure a smooth transition,” adding that they “do not anticipate any funding gap for pediatric brain tumor research.”

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/nci-axes-funding-pediatric-brain-cancer-trial-consortium-shifts-focus-broader-oncology

They're putting the money toward child cancer research they believe may be more promising.

 

[Taylor]

Thread title is wrong. Funding was not axed, just awarded to a different group.

NCI Shifts Funding Focus from Pediatric Brain Cancer Consortium to Broader Oncology Network

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has announced a significant change in its approach to funding pediatric cancer research, opting to discontinue support for t

www.noahai.co

https://dctd.cancer.gov/research/networks/pediatric.

 

[Greenbeard]

Au contraire...

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/nci-axes-funding-pediatric-brain-cancer-trial-consortium-shifts-focus-broader-oncology

They're putting the money toward child cancer research they believe may be more promising.

At some point you folks will need to wake up and reckon with what a cut is. Cuts don’t mean the money just goes to something else. Own it, you got what you wanted! Government is shrinking, projects are disappearing.

 

[lynnwinslow]

Thread title is wrong.

No, it's not. If it said Trump admin cancels funding for ALL pediatric brain cancer trials, that would be incorrect.
Current thread title is correct. This one would be correct as well - Trump admin cancels funding for MOST pediatric brain cancer trials.

 

[Taylor]

At some point you folks will need to wake up and reckon with what a cut is. Cuts don’t mean the money just goes to something else. Own it, you got what you wanted! Government is shrinking, projects are disappearing.

There is no evidence that the funding was cut. You literally made that up. The funding has been shifted to a different group.

 

[Taylor]

No, it's not. If it said Trump admin cancels funding for ALL pediatric brain cancer trials, that would be incorrect.
Current thread title is correct. This one would be correct as well - Trump admin cancels funding for MOST pediatric brain cancer trials.

Again, this is wrong. The decision was made by the NCI. They moved the funding from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) to the Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN). No funding has been cut for pediatric brain tumor research.

PEP-CTN and PBTC

Learn more about NCI's clinical trials networks for early-phase pediatric trials, the PEP-CTN and the PBTC.

dctd.cancer.gov

 

[Grand Mal]

Sounds like they're putting the money toward more promising treatments.

The National Cancer Institute said it will stop funding a 26-year-old collaboration with academic centers to help accelerate new pediatric brain tumor treatments.

Is that how you read that sentence?
I read that the collaboration was to help accelerate new treatments. And funding for it has stopped.

 

[lynnwinslow]

Again, this is wrong. The decision was made by the NCI. They moved the funding from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) to the Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN). No funding has been cut for pediatric brain tumor research.

PEP-CTN and PBTC

Learn more about NCI's clinical trials networks for early-phase pediatric trials, the PEP-CTN and the PBTC.

dctd.cancer.gov

Oh please, spare me from your pedantic finger wagging. It's thread title, not a thesis.
The Trump admin severely cut the NCI budget. Hence, the NCI had to ...

 

[reflechissez]

Oh please, spare me from your pedantic finger wagging. It's thread title, not a thesis.
The Trump admin severely cut the NCI budget. Hence, the NCI had to ...

That poster believes everything the trump administration tells him.

 

[j brown's body]

Thread title is wrong. Funding was not axed, just awarded to a different group.

NCI Shifts Funding Focus from Pediatric Brain Cancer Consortium to Broader Oncology Network

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has announced a significant change in its approach to funding pediatric cancer research, opting to discontinue support for t

www.noahai.co

https://dctd.cancer.gov/research/networks/pediatric.

The change is based on ideology, not merit.

“We are refocusing resources on high-impact, evidence-based research — free from ideological bias or institutional complacency. While change can be uncomfortable for those invested in the status quo, it is essential to ensure that NCI delivers on its core mission,” he said."

 

[Luce]

So.

Who got the vigorish for this?

 

[Taylor]

Is that how you read that sentence?
I read that the collaboration was to help accelerate new treatments. And funding for it has stopped.

Sentence? I've posted numerous links, one from the NCI itself.

 

[Taylor]

The change is based on ideology, not merit.

“We are refocusing resources on high-impact, evidence-based research — free from ideological bias or institutional complacency. While change can be uncomfortable for those invested in the status quo, it is essential to ensure that NCI delivers on its core mission,” he said."

Well, we have the NCI saying they've conducted an assessment and made the determination based on that, vs you who claim otherwise with no evidence or qualifications whatsoever.

Who to believe?

 

[Taylor]

Oh please, spare me from your pedantic finger wagging. It's thread title, not a thesis.
The Trump admin severely cut the NCI budget. Hence, the NCI had to ...

There has been no "severe cut" to the NCI budget. There is a proposed cut to the NIH on the table for next year, but it would require 60 votes in the Senate to pass and looks unlikely,

 

[Taylor]

That poster believes everything the trump administration tells him.

I'm the only person in the thread that's posted anything of substance. You can lead the cult to facts, but you can't make them read.

 

[Craig234]

“We are refocusing resources on high-impact, evidence-based research — free from ideological bias or institutional complacency.

It's a favorite type of lie for them, just the simple lie. They're refocusing resources away from high-impact, evidence-based research, not on it. Just like their saying they fired the head of the jobs report in order to release accurate reports, they did it to release inaccurate reports.