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Director of Research Administration

Alliance for Clinical Trial in Oncology Foundation · Chicago, Illinois, US

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation (Foundation) is a non-profit foundation created to enhance and expand the ability of the Alliance for...

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The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation (Foundation) is a non-profit foundation created to enhance and expand the ability of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance) to conduct cancer clinical research and address important treatment questions through large-scale clinical trials. Through efforts of the Foundation in support of the Alliance, clinical trials and laboratory research are conducted to discover new or improved ways to prevent, treat, and cure many types of cancer, including leukemia and lymphoma, and cancers of the breast, prostate, lung, and gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and help educate the medical community on methods of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (Alliance) is a clinical trials network sponsored by the National Cancer Institute that consists of approximately 10,000 cancer specialists at over 1,000-member hospitals, medical centers, and community sites across the United States and Canada. The Alliance develops and conducts clinical trials with promising new cancer therapy and utilizes the best science to develop optimal treatment and prevention strategies for cancer, as well a...