IMPLEMENTING A NATIONAL CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS SYSTEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY BY An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Workshop

IMPLEMENTING A NATIONAL CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS SYSTEM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY BY An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Workshop.The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters.

• PANEL I: NCI AND THE COOPERATIVE GROUPS
• PANEL II: PAYORS
• PANEL III: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDUSTRY, THE FDA, AND THE PUBLICLY FUNDED CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS SYSTEM
• PANEL IV: CLINICAL TRIALS INVESTIGATORS AND
• PATIENT ADVOCATES