SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP--STATISTICAL CENTER

西南肿瘤组是一个主要的多疾病，多， 从事癌症合作的多学科、多机构小组 research. 该组织目前由34个成员机构组成， 社区临床肿瘤学计划（CCOPs），291合作小组 外展计划（CGOP），23泌尿系癌症外展计划（UCOP） 和26个高优先级分支机构，累计约8700名患者 临床试验每年。 目前，约有100 14个委员会的研究开放供应计。 统计中心是 对癌症研究的设计、实施和分析至关重要， 西南肿瘤组 其主要职能是：参与 审查拟议的议定书，特别是关于 设计、样本量和可行性;提供集中登记 所有研究中的所有患者，并在适当时进行随机化; 提供对收集的数据的审查和质量控制， 研究;提供数据输入和计算机处理、储存 和检索数据;与小组主席和其他 本集团的研究者，以提高临床试验的质量 通过改进表格，更统一和可重复的数据定义， 和更经济的数据流;帮助小组主席 集团的行政管理;分析和发布的结果， 与研究协调员一起进行研究;使用 收集这些数据，试图寻找关于预后因素的新线索， 影响;并对有效设计进行统计研究， 癌症临床试验和癌症控制的实施和分析 research.

The Southwest Oncology Group is a major multi-disease, multi- disciplinary, multi-institution group engaged in cooperative cancer research. This organization now consists of 34 Member Institutions, 26 Community Clinical Oncology Programs (CCOPs), 291 Cooperative Group outreach Programs (CGOPs), 23 Urologic Cancer Outreach Programs (UCOPs) and 26 High Priority affiliates, who accrue approximately 8700 patients to clinical trials each year. Currently there are approximately 100 studies open for accrual in 14 committees. The Statistical Center is essential to the design, conduct, and analysis of the cancer research in the Southwest oncology Group. Its main functions are: to participate in the review of proposed protocols, particularly as regards experimental design, sample size, and feasibility; to provide for central registration of all patients on all studies, and for randomization where appropriate; to provide for review and quality control of data collected during studies; to provide for data entry and for computer processing, storage and retrieval of data; to work with the Group chair and other investigators in the Group to improve the quality of clinical trials through improved forms, more uniform and reproducible data definitions, and more economical flow of data; to help the Group chair in the administration of the Group; to analyze and publish the results of studies in conjunction with the study coordinator; to use the data being collected to try to find new leads regarding prognostic factors and late effects; and to perform statistical research on the efficient design, conduct and analysis of cancer clinical trials and cancer control research.