CORE--EPIDEMIOLOGY RESOURCE

流行病学共享资源(ESR)支持联盟调查人员的患者数据访问和咨询需求，这些调查人员对癌症的病因、治疗、心理社会后遗症和预后进行基于人群的研究。ESR主要通过提供获取华盛顿州西部癌症监测系统(CSS)收集的基于人群的癌症诊断数据和科学专业知识来实现这一目标。该中心自1974年以来一直设在哈钦森酒店，一直是联合会调查人员进行的人口研究的关键组成部分，是越来越多的癌症患者流行病学、分子遗传学和预防研究的基础。ESR提供了基础设施，以协调对CS的访问，为使用其机密患者信息制定政策和程序，并实施信息学工具，以增强研究人员对基于人口的一系列癌症患者进行研究的能力。

The Epidemiology Shared Resource (ESR) supports the patient data access and consulting needs of Consortium investigators who conduct population-based studies of the etiology, treatment, psychosocial sequelae, and prognosis of cancer. The ESR achieves this aim primarily by providing access to, and scientific expertise about, population-based data on cancer diagnoses collected by the Cancer Surveillance System of western Washington (CSS). The CSS, housed at the Hutchinson since 1974, has been a key component of population research conducted by Consortium investigators, serving as the basis for an increasing number of epidemiologic, molecular genetic, and prevention studies of cancer patients. The ESR provides the infrastructure to coordinate access to the CSS, to develop policies and procedures for use of its confidential patient information, and to implement informatics tools that enhance the ability of investigators to conduct research on )opulation-based series of cancer patients.