Multi-center phase III clinical trials and NCI cooperative groups : workshop summary / Margie Patlak, Sharyl Nass, and Christine Micheel, rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Introduction -- Organization of the NCI clinical trials system -- Lessons from non-cooperative group multi-center clinical trials -- Barriers to patient recruitment and physician participation -- Data collection standards and monitoring -- Costs of cooperative group clinical trials -- Summary and wrap-up.
Summary
The NCI-sponsored cooperative groups have made important contributions to improving treatment for many types of cancer, including breast, ovarian, colorectal, and childhood cancers. Cooperative group research has been instrumental in establishing innovati.
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