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The National Cancer Institute’s IRAT project is a collaborative effort to foster the growth and application of anatomic, functional, and molecular imaging to cancer research and treatment. The IRAT project is advancing the role of imaging in assessment of response to therapy; increasing the application of quantitative anatomic, functional, and molecular imaging endpoints in clinical therapeutic trials; and establishing oncologic imaging response assessment teams (IRATs) as formal shared resources in cancer centers. IRAT sites are developing mechanisms to integrate their IRAT teams into the protocol planning process, as well as to increase clinical collaborations between imaging experts and oncologic investigators—collaborations that identify new imaging research opportunities in cancer clinical trials.
NCI-designated cancer centers of excellence and the most scientifically sophisticated radiology departments in the world are the hub of the IRAT network. The national IRAT network comprises the NCI-funded IRAT sites; new IRAT corresponding members; NCI leaders from the Cancer Centers and Cancer Imaging programs; and AACI, the network’s Communications Coordinating Center.
Association of American Cancer Institutes
Email: irat@aaci-cancer.org
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