New perspectives in clinical research: the Women's Cancer Research Foundation's experience.
The number of physicians involved in clinical research continues to decline. Financial and administrative barriers appear to be primarily responsible, although inadequate community-based infrastructure has also contributed significantly to this troubling phenomenon. Therefore, novel physician-friendly research models amenable to conducting efficient clinical research are necessary. The physicians from the Women's Cancer Research Foundation have developed such a paradigm over the past 23 years, which has proven to increase research productivity above and beyond the traditional academic model.
Micha
John P
JP
Hoag Hospital Cancer Center, Newport Beach, CA, USA.
Graham
Cheri L
CL
Rettenmaier
Mark A
MA
Brown
John V
JV
Goldstein
Bram H
BH
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