The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Office of Congressional and government Affairs
At A Glance
 
 
Briefing
: A National Cancer Clinical Trials System for the 21st Century: Reinvigorating the NCI Cooperative Group Program
Dates:
Tue, Jun 1, 2010   2358 Rayburn House Office Bldg. – 10:30 a.m.
Tue, Jun 22, 2010   835 Hart Senate Office Bldg. – 2:00 p.m.

 

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Institute of Medicine
Board on Health Care Services
Committee on Cancer Clinical Trials and the NCI Cooperative Group Program

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Congressional Briefing

on

A National Cancer Clinical Trials System for the 21st Century:
Reinvigorating the NCI Cooperative Group Program

This new Institute of Medicine report recommends changes that aim to transform the NCI Cooperative Group Program into a dynamic system that efficiently responds to emerging scientific knowledge involving broad cooperation of stakeholders and leverages evolving technologies to provide high quality practice changing research.

This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on April 15, 2010 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.