Increasing minority enrollment onto clinical trials: Practical strategies and challenges emerge from the NRG oncology accrual workshop

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 486-490

  Brooks, Sandra E ^a   Muller, Carolyn Y ^b   Robinson, William ^b   Walker, Eleanor M ^b   Yeager, Kate ^b   Cook, Elise D ^b   Friedman, Sue ^b   Somkin, Carol P ^b   Brown, Carol Leslie ^b   McCaskill Stevens, Worta ^b  

^a CompleteCare Health Network ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; WORKSHOP; EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDUCATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MINORITY GROUPS;

EID: 84947268182     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.005934     Document Type: Article

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