Sanford Community Cancer Consortium

CCOP目标和目的(2009-2014) 精英护理医院CCOP的总体目标是为患者提供最先进的癌症护理和 家庭，通过参加国家癌症研究所(NCI)批准的尽可能靠近家的地方 临床试验。 计划目标： 1)增加NCI批准的癌症治疗临床研究试验的合格患者数量。 2)促进更广泛的社区参与，包括少数群体、妇女和其他未得到充分服务的人群 NCI批准的癌症治疗、预防和控制研究。 3)继续加强初级保健提供者和其他专家对社区合作伙伴关系的参与 从事癌症治疗和控制研究的研究人员。 4)提高数据管理系统/流程的质量和效率。 5)扩大参与NCI批准的癌症预防和控制临床研究试验。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 预计2008年美国将有超过140万新的癌症病例被诊断出来 与癌症有关的死亡人数约为565,650人。癌症是全世界第二大常见死因。 美国，仅次于心脏病。在美国，癌症占每4个人中的1个 死亡。

CCOP Goals and Objectives (2009-2014) The overall goal of MeritCare Hospital CCOP is to provide state-of-the-art cancer care to patients and families, as close to home as possible, through the participation in National Cancer Institute (NCI) approved clinical trials. Program Objectives: 1) Increase the number of eligible patients place on NCI approved cancer treatment clinical research trials. 2) Facilitate wider community participation, including minorities, women, and other underserved populations in cancer treatment, prevention, and control research approved by NCI. 3) Continue to enhance the participation of primary healthcare providers and other specialist with the CCOP investigators in cancer treatment and control research. 4) Increase the quality and efficiency of data management systems/processes. 5) Expand participation in NCI approved cancer prevention and control clinical research trials. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Over 1.4 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2008 with approximately 565,650 cancer related deaths. Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. In the United States, cancer accounts for 1 of every 4 deaths.