title: Pediatric oncology nursing in cooperative group clinical trials comes of age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide a review of the nursing committees in both the Children's Cancer Group and the Pediatric Oncology Group and discuss intergroup nursing research collaboration in preparation for the merger of these cooperative clinical trials groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review articles, reports, and newsletters from cooperative clinical trials groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses have established a vital presence in the pediatric cancer cooperative groups over the past 20 years through education, clinical practice, and collaborative research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the unification of the pediatric cooperative groups into the single Children's Oncology Group, the time is uniquely right to build a program of nursing research allied with pediatric oncology cooperative group clinical trials.
authors: Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ruccione
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*