SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP STATISTICAL CENTER

西南肿瘤学集团是一个重大的多病、多病的大病 学科、多机构组团式合作 癌症研究。这个组织现在有28名成员 机构，22个社区临床肿瘤学项目(CCOP) 和163个合作小组外展计划(CGOP) 将约4500名患者聚集到临床的参与者 每年都有审判。统计中心对设计是必不可少的， 西南地区癌症研究的现状与分析 肿瘤学小组。它的主要职能是：参与 审查拟议的议定书，特别是关于试验性议定书 设计、样本量和可行性；提供中央 对所有研究的所有患者进行登记，并进行随机分组 在适当的情况下；规定审查和质量控制 在研究期间收集的数据；提供数据输入和 计算机处理、存储和检索数据；处理 小组主席和小组中的其他调查人员改进 通过改进形式提高临床试验的质量，更多 统一且可重复的数据定义，更经济 数据流动；帮助小组主席管理 集团；分析和发布研究结果 与研究协调员；使用正在收集的数据来尝试 寻找有关预后因素和远期效应的新线索； 并对高效设计进行统计研究， 癌症临床试验和癌症控制的开展和分析 研究。

The Southwest Oncology Group is a major multi-disease, multi- disciplinary, multi-institution group engaged in cooperative cancer research. This organization now consists of 28 Member Institutions, 22 Community Clinical Oncology Programs (CCOPs) and 163 Cooperative Group Outreach Programs (CGOP) participants who accrue approximately 4500 patients to clinical trials each year. 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 appropriates; 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.