National Institutes of Health Funding to Support Radiation Oncology Research: A Comparative Trend Analysis Over a Decade, 2011-2021
Despite radiation therapy's essential role in multidisciplinary cancer care, NIH, and National Cancer Institute funding to support radiation oncology research has remained disproportionally low over the last decade. These data may be useful to inform future policy aimed at promoting research advancement in radiation oncology both at the micro (individual) as well as macro (institutional and national) level.
Authors
- Michael Kevin Rooney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2860-4653)
- Sophia C. Kamran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-6515)
- John M. Buatti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8499-3721)
- Neil T. Pfister (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7369-5710)
- Heather M. McGee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-5087)
- James B. Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-3226)
- Ana P. Kiess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-3852)
- Randall J. Kimple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-8000)
- D.N. Yeboa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2901-7477)
- Charles R. Thomas
- Clifton D. Fuller
- Amir Reza Razavi
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- St. Francis Hospital (US)
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (US)
- City of Hope (US)
- Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (US)
- Center for Cancer Research (US)
- Hartford Financial Services (United States)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Radiation Oncology
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2025.101767
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- National Cancer Institute