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Rating criteria
The following criteria of NHS need and research and development potential
were agreed by members of the Advisory Group at their first meeting. These
formed the basis for rating possible priority areas.
Criteria related to NHS need
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Likely benefit of research to
NHS and patients |
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Relevance to policy
initiatives, such as those in Health of the Nation Key Area
Handbook, Cancers |
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Burden of disease |
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Costs to NHS and patients |
Criteria related to research and development potential
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Research to be feasible |
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Areas recognised to
be important but already supported by other major cancer research
organisations were not considered for priority selection |
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Areas recognised to
be important but already supported by other major cancer research
organisations were not considered for priority selection |
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Topics need to be
neither too narrowly specific nor too generic and all embracing |
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Scoring Guidelines
The Advisory Group members scored 43 items which they had agreed between
themselves and, specifically, with the chairmen of the Sub-groups,
represented the priority items distilled from all the foregoing collective
endeavours.
A score for each item from 1 to 9 was allowed. The following guidance on
scoring was used.
8-9 |
of greatest priority |
6-7 |
of major priority |
4-5 |
of importance but of lower
priority |
2-3 |
of low priority |
1 |
of very low priority |
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