Rajaraman Preetha, Dey Bindu, Majumder Partha P, Mayor Satyajit, Pillai M Radhakrishna, Ramaswamy S, Shaha Chandrima, Johnson Maureen, Sivaram Sudha, Trimble Edward L, Harlow Edward E, VijayRaghavan K
Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, USA 20892.
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi, India.
J Cancer Policy. 2015 Dec 1;6:33-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2015.10.001.
In 2011, the National Cancer Institute (NCI, USA) introduced the Provocative Questions (PQ) Initiative, a new approach allowing active researchers to define major unsolved or neglected problems in oncology unaddressed by existing funding. Last year, the U.S. NCI teamed up with the Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) to pilot the PQ approach in three cities in India. Workshop outcomes includedthe generation of fundable "PQs" (perplexing questions understudied by the international scientific community), as well as the identification of several non-PQ projects and research-related issues of importance to DBT and other Indian funding groups. The workshops clearly indicated the need to expand beyond crafting "PQs" when considering the best areas for research funding in international settings. Nonetheless, the first set of PQ workshops provided a forum to discuss key issues regarding cancer research in India, including the paucity of cancer research funding, and the lack of relevant human resource training and technology sharing platforms. Continued open debate between researchers, funders and policymakers will be essential to effectively strengthen the cancer research portfolio in India.
2011年，美国国立癌症研究所（NCI）推出了“引发思考的问题”（PQ）倡议，这是一种新方法，使活跃的研究人员能够界定肿瘤学中现有资金未涉及的重大未解决或被忽视的问题。去年，美国国立癌症研究所与印度生物技术部（DBT）合作，在印度的三个城市试点PQ方法。研讨会成果包括产生了可获得资助的“引发思考的问题”（国际科学界研究不足的令人困惑的问题），以及确定了几个非PQ项目和对DBT及其他印度资助团体具有重要意义的与研究相关的问题。这些研讨会清楚地表明，在考虑国际背景下研究资金的最佳领域时，需要超越提出“引发思考的问题”。尽管如此，首批PQ研讨会提供了一个讨论印度癌症研究关键问题的论坛，包括癌症研究资金匮乏、缺乏相关人力资源培训和技术共享平台。研究人员、资助者和政策制定者之间持续的公开辩论对于有效加强印度的癌症研究组合至关重要。
