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A National Cancer Clinical Trials System for the 21st Century: Reinvigorating the NCI Cooperative Group Program
CER comparative effectiveness research
CHOP cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone
CIRB central institutional review board
CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COG Children’s Oncology Group
CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRI Clinical Research Initiative (Association of American Cancer Institutes)
CSDD Center for the Study of Drug Development
CT computed tomography
CTAC Clinical Trials Advisory Committee
CTEP Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
CTMB Clinical Trials Monitoring Branch
CTROC Clinical Trials and Translational Research Operations Committee
CTSA Clinical and Translational Science Awards
CTSU Cancer Trials Support Unit
CTTI Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative
CTU Clinical Trials Unit
CTWG Clinical Trials Working Group
CYP2D6 cytochrome P-450 2D6
DCE-MRI dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
DCPC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
DCTD Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis
DCTDC Division of Cancer Treatment, Diagnosis, and Centers
ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
EMR electronic medical record
EORTC European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
ER estrogen receptor
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
5-FU fluorouracil
18F-FDG fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDAAA Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
FNIH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
FOLFOX4 oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin