Following an explosion of criticism, NCI said funding for community oncology clinics would not be interrupted.
The chairs of the adult clinical trials groups that make up the NCI National Clinical Trials Network said in a letter that recent budget cuts have triggered a “crisis” in clinical research.
Two years ago, NCI officials made a promise to increase the budget of the cooperative groups program by $25.6 million.
NCI has launched a pilot study to assess whether assigning cancer patients treatment based on the genetic characteristics of their disease can improve outcomes for patients with advanced metastatic solid tumors.
