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Issue 44 – Nov. 22, 2013PDF

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ASCO Vying for Big Role in Big Data

Conversation with The Cancer Letter: ASCO President Clifford HudisThe American Society of Clinical Oncology is in the final stages of developing a request for proposals for its CancerLinQ system. The RFP is expected to be issued early in 2014.
photoBiospecimen Banks Program for NCTNMoves Forward With Approval From BSAAs NCI digs out after the two-week shutdown of the federal government, its leadership has to contend with the prospect of another shutdown weeks away, which may kick in after the current continuing resolution expires Jan. 15, 2014.
photoPiotr Kulesza, 46, Pathologist At Northwestern,ECOG-ACRIN, Dies in Fall After Group MeetingPiotr Kulesza, a pathologist at Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, who worked with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, died after a fall from a hotel balcony after attending the cooperative group’s semi-annual meeting. Kulesza was 46.
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