NCI Community Oncology Research Program Minority Underserved Community Sites

描述(申请人提供)：作为新墨西哥州的官方癌症中心和国家癌症研究所指定的癌症中心(2P30CA118100-09)之一，联合国癌症规划署与新墨西哥州的社区肿瘤学家和医疗保健系统建立了合作伙伴关系，创建了新墨西哥州癌症护理联盟(NMCCA)，这是一个联合的501C3全州癌症临床试验组织和临床研究网络。通过这两个合作伙伴关系，联合国癌症规划署努力提高我们区域癌症护理的质量；加强以社区为基础的癌症教育、筛查和预防；促进以社区为基础的参与性研究；并提高所有新墨西哥人对国家癌症中心赞助的癌症筛查、预防和治疗临床试验的认识、机会和参与。本文中详细介绍的网站已经合作13年，招募新墨西哥州高度多样化的多种族、经常得不到充分服务的癌症患者参加NCI合作小组试验，以及研究人员发起的和行业试验；计划继续这种合作，作为新墨西哥州NCI社区肿瘤研究计划少数民族/未得到充分服务(NM NCORP)。NM NCORP有一个临床试验计划和癌症护理提供研究的集水区，其中包括整个 州里。新墨西哥州的200万居民中，非西班牙裔白人占40.5%，西班牙裔占46.3%，美国印第安人占9.4%，黑人占2.1%，其余为亚裔和其他少数民族，拉美裔和美国印第安人的比例高于其他任何州。新墨西哥人经历了不同寻常的癌症模式和巨大的癌症健康差距。新墨西哥州的人均收入在美国排名第43位。根据2011年人口普查局的数据，18.4%的新墨西哥州人生活在贫困线以下，远高于13%的全国平均水平。超过50%的新墨西哥州人生活在该州农村地区，获得医疗保健的机会往往有限，22.9%的新墨西哥州人没有保险(新墨西哥州不同县的比例从4.8%到31.6%不等)。在2012年联合国儿童基金会癌症临床试验中积累的患者中，51%是少数族裔(37.3%西班牙裔/拉丁裔、8.2%美国印第安人、2.1%非裔美国人、1.1%亚裔、1.1%夏威夷原住民和1.1%报告(两个或更多种族))和55%是女性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As the Official Cancer Center of the State of New Mexico and as one of the nation's NCI-Designated Cancer Centers (2P30CA118100-09), the UNMCC has built collaborative partnerships with community oncologists and healthcare systems throughout the State of New Mexico to create the New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance (NMCCA), a joint 501c3 statewide cancer clinical trials organization and clinical research network. Through both these collaborative partnerships, UNMCC has worked to improve the quality of cancer care in our region; to enhance community-based cancer education, screening, and prevention; to promote community based participatory research; and to increase awareness, access and participation of all New Mexicans in NCl sponsored cancer screening, prevention and therapeutic clinical trials. The sites detailed herein which have worked together for 13 years to enroll New Mexico's highly diverse multiethnic and frequently underserved cancer patients on NCI Cooperative Group trials, as well as investigator initiated and industry trials; plan to continue this collaboration as the New Mexico NCI Community Oncology Research Program Minority/Underserved (NM NCORP). The NM NCORP has a catchment area for both the clinical trials program and the cancer care delivery research that includes the entire State. With a higher percentage of Hispanics and American Indians than any other state, New Mexico's 2.0 million citizens are 40.5% non-Hispanic White, 46.3% Hispanic, 9.4% American Indian, 2.1 % Black and the remainder is Asian & other ethnic minorities. New Mexicans experience unusual cancer patterns and tremendous cancer health disparities. New Mexico is ranked 43rd in the United States for per capita income. According to the 2011 Census Bureau 18.4% of New Mexicans live below the poverty level well above the national average of 13%. Over 50% of New Mexicans live in rural areas of the State with often limited access to healthcare and 22.9% of New Mexicans are uninsured (ranging from 4.8% to 31.6% among the different New Mexico counties). Of the patients accrued to cancer clinical trials at the UNMCC in 2012, 51% were racial/ethnic minorities (37.3% Hispanic/Latino, 8.2% American Indian, 2.1% African American, 1.1% Asian persons, 1.1% Native Hawaiians, and 1.1% reporting (two or more races) and 55% were women.