The<unk>  (IRS) was a U.S. and Canadian clinical trial cooperative<unk>  created with the mission of<unk> ing childhood cancers. In 2000, IRS merged with several other pediatric cooperative<unk> s to form the Children's Oncology<unk>  (COG). This merger has seen its fair share of problems, especially with regard to integrating the various databases associated with each individual cooperative<unk> . Yet with time and persistence, many of these difficulties will become non-issues. One such initiative to consolidate these databases involves caBIG or cancer BIG, which is guided and supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland.
Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
Association for International Cancer Research
American Institute for Cancer Research
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
Association of American Cancer Institutes
American Association for Cancer Research
Bath Cancer Research Unit