SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP

描述(改编自申请者的摘要)： 辛辛那提(加州大学)医疗中心西南肿瘤学小组(SWOG)活动 大辛辛那提健康联盟医院中心。这些 四家医院(大学医院、基督医院、圣路加医院 医院和犹太医院)加上退伍军人事务部医疗 中心医院是临床癌症研究活动的核心 还延伸到几个附属机构。由该中心服务的病人 健康联盟来自一个庞大的人口基础，其中包括 相当大的少数民族人口。 UC SWOG计划自推出以来显著提高了工作效率 六年前就开始了。具体地说，他们的应计收入增加了 从1992年的21人增加到1996年的85人，翻了四番。在同一时期，少数族裔 应计项目从1个增加到25个。这一增长在一定程度上反映了 来自UC(卫生事务副教务长、院长)的机构支持 医学院医学系主任， 血液学-肿瘤科主任)和健康联盟。它是 也反映了热心的内科调查人员致力于 为患者提供最先进的临床护理和机会 参与NCI赞助的临床研究。加州大学SWOG医生 调查人员准备继续做出重大创造性贡献 协议设计和开发，并在管理方面做出贡献 无数的委员会。UC在病理学科中的主要作用 委员会(包括加州大学SWOG肿瘤银行的住房)进一步 将辛辛那提大学的SWOG项目与 成为有效、高效的SWOG成员的资源和承诺 机构。

Description (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): The University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center's Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) activities center on hospitals of The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati. These four hospitals (University Hospital, The Christ Hospital, St. Luke Hospitals, and The Jewish Hospitals) plus the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital are the core of clinical cancer research activities that also extend to several affiliated institutions. Patients served by The Health Alliance are drawn from a large population base which includes a significant minority population. The UC SWOG program has dramatically increased its productivity since its inception six years ago. Specifically, their accruals have increased fourfold from 21 in 1992 to 85 in 1996. Over the same time period, minority accruals have risen from 1 to 25. This growth is partly a reflection of institutional support from UC (the Vice-Provost of Health Affairs, the Dean of the College of Medicine, Department of Medicine Chair, Hematology-Oncology Division Director) and from The Health Alliance. It is also a reflection of enthusiastic physician investigators committed to providing patients with state-of-the-art clinical care and opportunities for participation in NCI sponsored clinical research. The UC SWOG physician investigators are poised to continue significant creative contributions in protocol design and development and to contribute administratively in numerous committees. The major role of UC in the Pathology Discipline committee (including housing of the SWOG tumor bank at UC) further establishes University of Cincinnati's SWOG program as one with the resources and commitment to be an effective and productive SWOG member institution.