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Making Research Dollars Stretch for Community Practices

Obtaining funding for clinical trials is a challenge most practices face. Representatives of practices recognized by the presentation of American Society of Clinical Oncology 2007 Clinical Trials Participation Awards (CTPAs) discussed how they address clinical trial funding issues.

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Like many community oncology practices, Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois, located in Peoria, participates in the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP), and receives grant funding for this effort. But, according to clinical research coordinator Heather Burks, "this funding is always only a portion of our actual operating budget, and at this time, is funding only between 50% . . . [Click for More]