Since 1973, we have investigated children diagnosed with ALL in a consecutive series of clinical trials based at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The DFCI/ALL Consortium began in 1981 and gradually grew in the 1980s and 1990s when members of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital staff became Division Chiefs in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, University of Rochester Medical Center. A traditional referral source, the Maine Children's Cancer program, joined the Consortium at its inception. Investigators at the three Canadian centers all joined selectively (between 1985 and 1993) based on their desire to participate in the clinical trials and related research programs. In 2003, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic also joined the Consortium. We now have a group of nine collaborating institutions who collectively accrue newly diagnosed pediatric patients for treatment. In 2001, research investigating adult ALL began within the Consortium.
The clinical and administrative structure of the Consortium is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator (Dr. Stephen Sallan) who is supported in these efforts by (Dr. Richard Gelber) from the Department of Biostatistical Science at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as clinical research support personnel in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Quality Assurance Office for Clinical Trials.
Members of the DFCI/ALL Consortium
Coordinating Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (since 1972)
Current Participating Centers
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (since 2002) • Hospital Sainte Justine (since 1987) • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (since 1991) • Fairfax/Inova (since 2008) • McMaster University MC (since 1985) • Montefiore/Albert Einstein (since 2008) • Rhode Island Hospital (Hasbro) (since 2007) • Roswell Park (since 2017) • Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ (since 2019) • San Jorge Children's Hospital (since 1991) • Univ. of Rochester MC (since 1981)
Centers in Follow-Up Only as of 2018
Vancouver General Hospital • Queen Elizabeth II • Tom Baker Cancer Center • London Health Science Center • Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont • Saskatchewan Cancer Agency • Cross Center Institute • Cancer Care Manitoba • Queens University/Kingston Hospital • Tulane • Ohio State University Med Ctr • Maine Children's Cancer Program • LDS Hospital • Eastern Maine Medical Center • Mt. Sinai Medical Center • Ochsner Clinic • University of Mass Medical Center