International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 71, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S71-S75 , 1 May 2008

Challenges in Credentialing Institutions and Participants in Advanced Technology Multi-institutional Clinical Trials

Received 13 March 2007 ,Revised 13 August 2007 ,Accepted 15 August 2007.

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 The Radiological Physics Center is supported by Public Health Service grants CA 10953 and CA 81647, awarded by the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(07)04287-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.083

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