The ARCAD advanced colorectal cancer database—open for business

Abstract
The ARCAD Clinical Trials Program is a worldwide collaboration of clinicians, statisticians and scientists specializing in gastrointestinal malignancies [1]. The collaboration was launched in 2008 through the auspices of a French/USA charitable foundation, ARCAD (Aide et Recherche en Cancérologie Digestive) [2]. The program's objective is to facilitate the development of more efficient clinical trials in gastrointestinal cancers through consensus recommendations and original research.