Engaging referring physicians in the clinical trial process

Allison R Baer; Margo Michaels; Marjorie J Good; Lidia Schapira

doi:10.1200/JOP.2011.000476

Engaging referring physicians in the clinical trial process

J Oncol Pract. 2012 Jan;8(1):e8-e10. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2011.000476.

Authors

Allison R Baer¹, Margo Michaels, Marjorie J Good, Lidia Schapira

Affiliation

¹ American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA; Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; and Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Abstract

By building relationships with referring physicians and educating them about the clinical trial process, oncologists can help increase trial accrual among patients with cancer.