Minority Based Community Clinical Oncology Program

Bronx MBCCOP是目前在仁慈圣母癌症中心建立的杰出和经验丰富的临床研究计划以及仁慈圣母医疗中心已经存在的广泛的社区外展和初级护理网络的衍生项目。该MBCCOP的目标是：1)开发一个以社区为基础的合作研究计划，为布朗克斯的初级保健医生和癌症医生提供NCI癌症预防和治疗临床试验的机会。2)利用仁慈圣母医疗中心的社区外展计划以及其他癌症预防和筛查计划，教育和告知布朗克斯的少数族裔社区癌症临床试验的可用性和重要性。以及3)改善布朗克斯区的癌症护理，希望通过向布朗克斯区提供NCI临床试验来降低癌症发病率，提高存活率。这些目标将通过发展一个以OLM或OLM附属诊所和医疗村为执业基础的社区肿瘤学家和初级保健医生网络来实现。这些医生致力于为他们的执业人群参与治疗和预防临床试验。最初通过OLM社区外展计划更多地参与社区，将形成社区作为咨询委员会参与MBCCOP的基础。将通过社区外展计划和社区理事会促进筛查和预防干预的努力。

The Bronx MBCCOP is derivative of the outstanding and experienced clinical research program now established at Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center and the extensive Community Outreach and Primary Care network already in existence at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center. The Aims of this MBCCOP are 1) To develop a collaborative community-based research program that will provide access to NCI cancer prevention and treatment clinical trials for both primary care and cancer physicians in the Bronx. 2) To educate and inform minority communities in the Bronx about the availability and importance of cancer clinical trials by using the Community Outreach Program at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, as well as other cancer prevention and screening programs. And 3) To improve cancer care in the Bronx, hoping to decrease the incidence of cancer, and to increase survivorship, as a result of making NCI clinical trials accessible to the Bronx Community. These aims will be accomplished by developing a network of community oncologists and primary care physicians whose base of practice is OLM, or OLM-affiliated clinics and medical villages. These physicians are committed to participation in therapeutic and prevention clinical trials for their practice populations. Additional involvement in the community, initially via the OLM Community Outreach program will form a basis for community involvement in the MBCCOP as an advisory council. Efforts in screening and prevention intervention will be facilitated through the Community Outreach program and Community Council.