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Pediatric Oncology Clinical Research Infrastructure

Institution: 
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Researcher(s): 
Lisa Diller, MD
Grant Type: 
Phase I/II Infrastructure Grants
Year Awarded: 
2007
Type of Childhood Cancer: 
General Pediatric Cancer
Project Description: 
Project Goals
Create a program infrastructure to facilitate:
• Increased enrollment in early phase clinical trials for pediatric solid tumor patients
• Increased participation in biologic studies associated with early phase clinical trials
• Increased numbers of clinical trials and accelerate rapidity of their development, bringing novel agents and approaches from bench to bedside
• The development of a therapeutic I-MIBG program