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Causes: Cancer, Cancer Research, Health
Mission: To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.
Programs: Cancer research & biostatistics (crab) is a national leader in designing and managing oncology clinical trials. Crab is the statistical center for swog (the largest nci cooperative group). Crab also collaborates with the myeloma institute at the university of arkansas medical sciences on multiple myeloma research. It is crabs goal to provide support and statistical consultation for study design, protocol development, research data analysis, manuscript writing, and presentations at major conferences in oncology research. Crab values the long-standing relationships that it has with organizations to work, support and discover new and improved treatments for cancer patients and continues to make research alliances with leading research consortia, cancer centers, and industry. Crab is the leader of the pancreatic cancer research team (pcrt), a consortium of more than 40 clinics worldwide established for biotech and pharmaceutical companies looking to develop new agents for patients with pancreas cancer.
in 2016, crab continued to provide ongoing support through excellent training to young investigators and clinical research associates.