@article{8ae0fae580b748d6bf46ed1da8f58b1e,
title = "RTOG physician and research associate attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding clinical trials: Implications for improving patient recruitment",
abstract = "Purpose: Timely recruitment and retention of human subjects remains a leading problem in oncology clinical trials even among the national oncology clinical trial cooperative groups. The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) developed an exploratory survey to assess member attitudes, beliefs, and practices (ABPs) towards clinical trials that might influence patient accrual to clinical trials. Methods: The survey was developed using Survey Monkey",
keywords = "Attitudes, Clinical trials, RTOG, Radiation therapy, Recruitment",
author = "Ulrich, {Connie M.} and James, {Jennifer L.} and Walker, {Eleanor M.} and Stine, {Sharon Hartson} and Elizabeth Gore and Bradley Prestidge and Jeff Michalski and Gwede, {Clement K.} and Robert Chamberlain and Bruner, {Deborah Watkins}",
note = "Funding Information: This publication is supported in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (C.U.R.E.) Program ME-02-149 , RTOG U10 CA21661 , CCOP U10 CA37422 , and Stat U10 CA32115 from the National Cancer Institute . The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute.",
year = "2010",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.cct.2010.03.002",
language = "English",
volume = "31",
pages = "221--228",
journal = "Contemporary Clinical Trials",
issn = "1551-7144",
number = "3",
}