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Cover Story
By Matthew Bin Han Ong and Paul Goldberg
The American Society of Clinical Oncology published a set of common standards for cancer data elements via an initiative dubbed mCODE.
In Brief
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Funding Opportunities
Clinical Roundup
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Drugs & Targets
NCI Trials
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NCI Trials for June
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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