The Townsville Hospital and Health Service comprises 18 hospitals and community health services, one of which is The Townsville Hospital. The Health service has a population of 230,000.
The Cancer Services, Clinical Trials Unit has been active in conducting trials for group driven trials, for example ANZGOG, AGITG, TROG and others, as well as commercially sponsored trials since the late 1990s.
The Cancer Trial Unit has participated in the conduct of trials in Medical Oncology, Haematology and Radiation Oncology. The clinical trials unit associated investigators, clinical trial co-ordinators and clinical trials pharmacist have many years of experience between them in the conduct of Phases 2, 3, 4 trials.