Description:
A large group
of researchers, hospitals, and cancer centers that get
support from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study
childhood cancers. The main goal of the
COG is to conduct clinical
trials that test new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat
cancer in children and adolescents. These clinical trials
also include supportive care and childhood cancer
survivorship studies. The COG
has hospitals and cancer centers in the United States,
Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It is part of
the National Clinical Trials Network
(NCTN). Also called Children’s Oncology Group.
