Nevada Cancer Research Foundation-NCI Community Oncology Research Program

描述(申请人提供)：内华达州癌症研究基金会(NCRF)成立于1983年，从事癌症研究。NCRF总部位于拉斯维加斯市中心，在内华达州的里诺和卡森市设有附属办事处。内华达州超过90%的肿瘤学家、血液学家和放射肿瘤学家是NCRF的研究人员成员，并参与了NCI的临床试验和项目。NCRF的使命是通过参与癌症预防、癌症筛查、治疗后监测、癌症控制、癌症护理提供、成像、癌症治疗、与健康相关的生活质量研究、相关科学子研究、生物样本收集和癌症差异方面的积极研究，通过当地医生和医疗保健提供者的参与，在内华达州提供高质量和最先进的治疗。作为其使命的一部分，NCRF还将在为临床试验参与者的安全和福利设定最高标准的研究环境中，向NCI社区肿瘤研究计划(NCORP)研究基地提供高质量、及时的数据。NCRF将继续招募NCI临床试验的患者/参与者，计划达到和超过每年平均分布在现有癌症预防、控制、筛查和治疗后监测临床试验中的40名患者/参与者的最低登记人数，以及达到和超过参加NCORP所需的治疗和成像临床试验的40名患者/参与者的最低登记人数。NCRF计划积极与NCI合作，开发一个以社区为基础的综合研究网络，通过加快新开发的癌症预防、早期发现、治疗、患者管理康复、生活质量和持续护理技术的转移，降低内华达州的癌症发病率、发病率和死亡率。NCRF将让NCRF的工作人员和医生参与研究基地的科学和教育活动，并将参与研究，以加强在研究中未得到充分代表的种族/族裔和其他未得到充分服务的人群的参与。为了实现这些目标，NCRF开放了全州范围的参与计划，从而为内华达州公民提供了参与的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Nevada Cancer Research Foundation (NCRF) was established in 1983 to conduct cancer research. The NCRF main office is located in central Las Vegas with satellite offices In Reno and Carson City, Nevada. Over 90% of the oncologists, hematologists and radiation oncologists in Nevada are investigator members of the NCRF and participate in NCI clinical trials and projects. NCRF's mission is to provide quality and state-of-the-art treatment in Nevada through participation in active research in cancer prevention, cancer screening, post-treatment surveillance, cancer control, cancer care delivery, Imaging, cancer treatment, health-related quality of life studies, correlative science sub-studies biospecimen collection, and cancer disparities to the citizens of Nevada through the participation of the local physicians and health care providers. NCRF also has as part of Its mission the provision of high quality, timely data to the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases in a research environment that sets the highest standards for the safety and welfare of the clinical trials' participants. NCRF will continue to enroll patients/participants on NCI clinical trials, plans to meet and exceed the minimum enrollment of 40 patients/participants annually evenly distributed over the available cancer prevention, control, screening, and post-treatment surveillance clinical trials, and to meet and exceed the minimum enrollment of 40 patients/participants to treatment and imaging clinical trials that is required for participation in NCORP. NCRF plans to actively work with the NCI to develop an integrated community-based research network in order to reduce the cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality in Nevada by accelerating the transfer of newly developed cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, patient management rehabilitation, quality of life, and continuing care technology. NCRF will involve NCRF staff and physicians in the scientific and educational activities of the Research Bases and will participate in studies to enhance participation of racial/ethnic and other underserved populations underrepresented In research. To accomplish these goals, the NCRF opens the program for state-wide participation, thereby providing access for participation to the citizens of Nevada.