Unmet Need
Although many areas of need have been identified in setting CBCRP's research priorities, only a few of these areas have been funded to date. Other areas that CBCRP has not had the funds to support include:
- clinical trials to test the effectiveness of new therapies.
- the development of promising new agents into drugs ready for clinical testing.
- long-term prospective studies of California girls/women and the risk factors that lead to breast cancer in our population.
- tissue banks with samples of tumors from California women, together with their clinical information, that could provide the basis for answering numerous questions now and in the future.
- services provided by community-based organizations that are developed or tested through CBCRP research.
- increased involvement by Program staff scientists in developing networks of California researchers and forging new collaborations.
- the more than 100 grant applications that were not funded by CBCRP in 1999.
The decline in tobacco tax revenue, which is CBCRP's primary source of funding, makes it unlikely that CBCRP will ever be able to address these gaps without additional funding from other sources.
