Understanding Cancer Treatment and Outcomes: The Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium

2004252 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

John Z. Ayanian · Harvard University

Elizabeth A. Chrischilles · University of Iowa

Robert B. Wallace · University of Iowa

Robert H. Fletcher · Harvard University

Mona N. Fouad · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Catarina I. Kiefe · University of Alabama at Birmingham

David P. Harrington

Abstract

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has funded the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance (CanCORS) Consortium as the centerpiece of the NCI's ongoing initiative to improve cancer care. This commentary provides an introduction to the goals and methods of the CanCORS Consortium to the broader community of cancer researchers and clinicians, many of whom are caring for patients participating in this study.

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Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 22, Issue 15, pp. 2992-2996

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.06.020

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