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The National Clinical Trials Network and the cooperative groups: The road not taken
Author(s) -
Schilsky Richard L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.33210
Subject(s) - clinical trial , medicine , cancer , family medicine
The National Clinical Trials Network and the National Cancer Institute‐funded cooperative groups seem to be on diverging paths. Patients with cancer would be better served by a unified national cancer clinical trials system that is responsive to their priorities and unmet medical needs.