Computing Services for the Division of Cancer Prevention

癌症预防司（http：//prevention.cancer.gov/）开展并支持科学研究，以确定一个人患癌症的风险，并找到降低这种风险的方法。多年的研究表明，癌症疾病的发生不是单一的灾难性事件，而是一个复杂和长期演变过程的结果。致癌过程可能需要数十年才能完成，这为延缓、停止或逆转其进展提供了时间和机会。 该司促进的研究侧重于预防和检测，但也涵盖疾病过程：早期干预以阻止或减缓癌症进展;治疗期间的症状管理;以及生命末期的支持性护理。DCP通过以下方式推进癌症研究：生成关于易受干预的分子过程的新信息;开发有效的化学预防剂;发现早期检测生物标志物;精确定位机械靶向营养素;测试新的筛查方法和技术;通过国家网络和社区一级进行预防和控制的第一、第二和第三阶段临床试验。 这项投资为主任办公室和DCP的研究小组提供计算机编程和数据管理服务。

The Division of Cancer Prevention (http://prevention.cancer.gov/) conducts and supports science to identify a person¿s risk of developing cancer and to find ways to reduce that risk. Years of research have shown that the diseases of cancer occur not as single, catastrophic event, but rather as the result of a complex and long-evolving process. The process of carcinogenesis can take decades to complete, providing time and opportunities to retard, stop, or reverse its progress. Research fostered by the Division focuses on prevention and detection, but also spans the disease process: early interventions to stop or slow the progression of cancer; symptom management during treatment; and supportive care at the end-of-life. DCP advances cancer research by generating new information about molecular processes that are vulnerable to interventions; developing effective chemoprevention agents; discovering early detection biomarkers; pinpointing mechanistically targeted nutrients; testing new screening methods and technologies; and conducting phase I, II and III clinical trials in prevention and control through national networks and at the community level. This investment provide computer programming and data management services for the Office of the Director and the Research Groups in DCP.