Quality Assurance Review Center
The Quality Assurance Review Center (QARC) is a research program within the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) that provides radiotherapy (RT) quality assurance (QA), diagnostic imaging data management, and clinical research support. Located in Lincoln, Rhode Island, QARC is a nationally and internationally recognized program serving the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored cooperative groups and industry partners. These cooperative groups and their industry partners conduct a wide variety of clinical trials in order to evaluate the overall effectiveness of protocol-driven cancer treatment strategies.
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