Research policies in university centres in India.

India is a developling country with its necessary priorities. Therefore the limited resources which are available cannot be spared for basic cancer research. The population is close to 600 million -- 80 per cent living in villages and receiving hardly any medical aid. This has provided extensive clinical material which can be beneficially utilized for research. The following plan is suggested under the existing circumstances: 1. Motivation of specialists towards head and neck problems. 2. Creation of regional specialists in cancer hospitals. 3. Advanced cases as objects for research. 4. A universal law regarding compulsory postmortem. 5. In a developing country like India with limited resources highly academic investigations should have low priority. 6. Refresher courses for general practitioners to educate them regarding early clinical manifestations of laryngeal cancer. 7. Training of postgraduates. A postgraduate should be first trained in one's own country, particularly in a developing country like India. He can then go for further experience to other international centres. 8. Communication by way of publication. The clinicians from developing countries should have easy opportunity to get their works published in English journals.