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Redesigning NCI's Clinical Trials System: Integration Is the Goal
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Should there be a national tumor tissue bank? Should there be core facilities that trial investigators can access for biostatistics resources, image analysis, and other kinds of support? Should government, universities, and drug companies develop a single contract template to cover most clinical trial issues?
These questions and two dozen others are under active discussion in the
National Cancer Institute's clinical trials working group (CTWG), the
committee charged with redesigning the NCI's clinical trial system. The
questions are posted on a new