SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP

描述（由申请人提供）：要求资助亚利桑那州癌症中心（亚利桑那大学）参与西南肿瘤组（SWOG）合作癌症临床研究，以改善人类癌症的治疗。具体目标和目的是： 1. 继续履行我们目前的科学领导地位和核心服务承诺，包括：（a）方案协调（多项研究）;（B）疾病和学科委员会管理;（c）参考和储存库实验室管理;（d）组质量保证和质量控制。 2. 继续促进有前途的新研究线索的快速整合，包括亚利桑那州癌症中心开发的研究线索，以改善患者治疗选择和患者护理。 3. 继续履行我们的机构临床研究承诺，为SWOG和SWOG批准的研究招募合适的患者，并履行所有长期随访、质量保证、质量控制等相关承诺。 4. 继续促进医生和患者对SWOG和SWOG认可的临床试验和外展计划的认识和参与。 5. 继续努力了解影响应计费用的因素，特别是特殊人群中的因素（例如，少数民族、老年人、经济上处于不利地位的人），并在可能的情况下采取适当的干预措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested to support Arizona Cancer Center (University of Arizona) participation in Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) cooperative cancer clinical research to improve the treatment of cancer in humans. Specific aims and objectives are: 1. To continue to meet our current scientific leadership and core service commitments including: (a) protocol coordination (multiple studies); (b) disease and discipline committee administration; (c) reference and repository laboratory administration; (d) group quality assurance and quality control. 2. To continue to promote the rapid integration of promising new research leads, including those developed at the Arizona Cancer Center, into cooperative group testing to improve patient treatment options and patient care. 3. To continue to meet our institutional clinical research commitments in the recruitment of appropriate patients for SWOG and SWOG-endorsed studies and all attendant commitments to Iong-term follow-up, quality assurance, quality control, etc. 4. To continue to promote physician and patient awareness of and participation in SWOG and SWOG-endorsed clinical trials and outreach programs. 5. To continue efforts to understand factors affecting accrual, particularly those in special populations (e.g., minority, elderly, financially disadvantaged), and to implement appropriate interventions where possible.