E-Newsletter - March 2019
ALLIANCE SPRING GROUP MEETING CONVENES MAY 8-11
The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology will convene its 2019 Spring Group Meeting in Chicago May 8-11. Scientists, clinical research professionals, patient advocates and others interested in the latest developments in cancer research are expected to attend the four-day meeting at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel. Meeting attendees will select from nearly 100 disease, modality, administrative and special sessions to attend led by distinguished oncology researchers and clinical trial specialists from across the country. This meeting will showcase novel and innovative cancer control, prevention, and treatment trials that are conducted by investigators through a multidisciplinary academic and community research network, which is part of the NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) and Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP).
Preview the MEETING SCHEDULE and REGISTER today.
Stay tuned for more details about the following sessions.
-- New Investigators Course
-- Oncology Nursing Education Session
-- CRP Information, Education and Breakout Sessions
-- CRP/Nursing Roundtables and Reception
-- Oncology Nursing /CRP Open Forum
-- Health Disparities Education Session
-- Plenary Session
-- Cell Therapy State of the Art Symposium
-- Two-Day E-Poster Session
Note: New contact for Group Meeting Logistics.
For other articles in this issue of the Alliance E-News newsletter, see below.
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Registration Now Open - 2019 Alliance Spring Group Meeting
New Contact for Group Meeting Logistics -
Professional Responsiblity at the Forefront | Where Alliance Stands on Conflict of Interest
James Bearden, MD and Jeffery Crawford, MD
2019 Conflict of Interest (COI) Solicitation - Message From the Group Statistician Sumithra J. Mandrekar, PhD
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Recent Alliance Protocol Activations
Alliance A231602CD Financial toxicity (blood cancers)
Alliance A221701 - Oral stomatitis
Alliance A041702 - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Alliance A041703 - Acute lymphoblastic leukemia -
Guest Columnists
Disparities Corner: Shoshana Rosenberg, ScD, MPH and Suzanne George, MD - Addressing Disparities in Care and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
Zoneddy Dayao, MD PI, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center - Reality of Bringing Clinical Trials to the Medically Underserved -
Announcements
Regulatory Column | NIH Single IRB (sIRB) Implementation
New Monthly IPEC Performance Updates for Data Submission Timeliness
Call for Papers to Honor and Remember Dr. Arti Hurria -
Alliance in the News
Treatment for Children with Leukemia Also Effective for Adolscents, Young Adults
Exercise & Weight Loss to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence
Celebrating NCORP Women in Science
New Leukemia Drug is More Effective and Easier to Use