Analysis and reflection on the research directions of clinical oncology projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2019 / 中国肿瘤临床

ABSTRACT

Owing to the developments in cell biology and other related disciplines, basic oncological research has progressed. There has been a gradual increase in the quantity and quality of research applications for oncology. This paper provided an overview of the applications and fundings (General Program, Youth Program and Regional Program) for clinical oncology of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2019, analyzed the research directions of the General Program from different perspectives and discussed representative research directions including non- coding RNA, immunotherapy, microenvironment, metabolism, as well as frontiers such as lymphangiogenesis, pyroptosis and ferroptosis, lysosome and mitochondrion in the field of clinical oncology.