Establishing a multicenter clinical research network: Lessons learned

Current Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hagen, N A ^a,b   Stiles, C R ^a   Biondo, P D ^a   Cummings, G G ^c   Fainsinger, R L ^c   Moulin, D E ^d   Pereira, J L ^e   Spice, R ^b,f  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical cancer research; Collaboration; Multicentre; Network evaluation; Research network

Indexed keywords

CANCER PAIN; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEAM BUILDING; TEAMWORK; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80053922499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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