Cancer clinical trials cooperative groups are in jeopardy, and changes are needed to enable the system to survive, chairmen of the groups wrote in a paper submitted to NCI. White paper makes 25 recommendations, including changing system incentives, review process, group integration with centers and SPOREs, and inclusion in CaBIG. This 8-page issue includes full text of the white paper.
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Peter Jones begins term as AACR president-elect. New directors elected.
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