# OnCo record idea-fund-technique-innovation-prize (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-technique-innovation-prize/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-fund-technique-innovation-prize" ;
  schema:name "Prizes for unpatentable surgical and radiotherapy techniques proven in trials"@en ;
  schema:description "Nobody can patent a better way of operating or a shorter radiotherapy schedule, so nobody is rewarded for proving one. Prizes for technique improvements shown to work in trials would fill that gap."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-technique-innovation-prize/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00223-5> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-cure-prize/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-surgical-trials-network/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-fund-surgeon-scientist-pathway/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/sentinel-node/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-surgery-radiation-innovation/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-incentive-misalignment/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-sullivan-lancet-oncol/> .