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The eighth Summit Series on Cancer Clinical Trials, Retooling the System: Accelerating Solutions, took place September 30 through October 1, 2004 in Chantilly, Virginia. Summit VIII aimed to:

  • Demonstrate the remarkable progress made by each Work Group since last year
  • Energize and facilitate the ongoing efforts of the Work Groups by bringing participants together to collaborate on ideas
  • Spark innovative ways of thinking through invited speakers and learn how to apply to Work Group activities

Summit Series on Cancer Clinical Trials VIII

Executive Summary

Speaker Presentations

Keynote Speaker:
The Tipping Point Theory: What Would it Take to get Clinical Trials to Tip? Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker magazine and author of the best-selling book, “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference”

>> Track 1 - 33 mins
>> Track 2 - 30 mins

     

Integrating Laboratory Science Into Clinical Trials
Harold L. Moses, MD, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

     

Promoting Patient Participation in Informed Decision Making / Informed Consent about Medical Treatment and Clinical Research
Dr. Jeff Belkora, University of California at San Francisco Cancer Center

     

The Consent Process: An Advocate Perspective
Peggy Devine, Patient Advocate and Cancer Survivor


Work Group Report Outs

PEC Work Group

     

Work Group 2

     

Work Group 4/5

     

Work Group 6