Structure vs. function at NCI

Now that the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network have decided to merge, NCI is down to five adult cooperative groups.

But even though the first round of mergers and alliances instigated by NCI have taken place relatively quickly, discussion at an Institute of Medicine/ASCO workshop last week indicates these agreements should not be interpreted as a consensus about how the clinical trials system should be restructured...