Ole Alexander Opdalshei introduces the role of the Norwegian Cancer Society within Norwegian cancer research, care services and information dissemination; how medical research charities are able to direct funding towards areas of cancer research missed by the private and public sectors; the burden of cancer within Norway; and the introduction of cutting-edge new treatments into the country's healthcare system.
We are trying to do fund both open research, where it is the researchers who define the research questions, as well as areas where we see that there is a need for funding based on our contact with cancer patients and their relatives
