Claiming more than half a million lives per year, cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, right behind heart disease. More people die from some form of cancer than the next three causes (chronic respiratory diseases, stroke and various accidents) combined. The cancer centers of member universities of the Big Ten teamed up to combat this deadly affliction. The Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium (BTCRC), which was little more than an idea in 2011, began its clinical trial working groups last year, and it’s stepping up on sharing information about the various major initiatives of the
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