Ten Essential Practices for Developing or Reforming a Biostatistics Core for a NCI Designated Cancer Center.

ABSTRACT: There are 69 National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Centers (CCs) in the United States. Biostatistical collaboration is pivotal in cancer research, and support for a cancer biostatistics shared resource facility (C-BSRF) is included in the award. Although the services and staff needed in a C-BSRF have been outlined in general terms and best practices for biostatistical consultations and collaboration in an academic health center have been agreed upon, implementing these practices in the demanding setting of cancer centers interested in pursuing or maintaining NCI designation remains challenging. We surveyed all C-BSRF websites to assess their organizational charts, governance, size, services provided, and financial models and have identified 10 essential practices for the develo

SUBMITTER: Mazumdar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649702 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature