SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP PROGRAM

这笔拨款的主要目的是为了西南肿瘤研究小组的研究 哥伦比亚长老会癌症中心内的计划是：(1)支持 综合多模式SWOG临床研究的基础设施 程序。2)增加哥伦比亚长老会癌症的参与 中心(CPCC)调查人员参与SWOG的设计、实施和分析 学习。该机构的一个特别优势是其在 乳腺癌和前列腺癌、骨髓移植和基因治疗以及 流行病学、致癌学和分子流行病学。3)针对少数族裔 曼哈顿上城区癌症SWOG患者的识别和改善 参与临床癌症的感知障碍和实际障碍 审判。此应用程序代表调查人员之间的合作 内科、外科、神经外科、妇科、 哥伦比亚的放射肿瘤学、泌尿学和流行病学 长老会医疗中心。大约有3000例新的癌症 CPMC每年都有病人。因此，有足够数量的患者 用于SWOG临床试验。CPMC的癌症患者群体包括 10%的非裔美国人和20%的西班牙裔。精湛的细胞实验室技能 分子生物学存在于癌症中心和大学内部。 许多调查人员都参与了SWOG的研究，但在 举止不协调。目前的拨款将允许哥伦比亚大学提供 基础设施，以协调和支持他们的研究工作，提供 一些数据管理支持，但最重要的是，为SWOG的差旅提供资金 提高医护人员参与度的几点体会 调查人员和在SWOG培训研讨会上培训数据管理人员。

The primary goals of this grant for a Southwest Oncology Group research program within the Columbia Presbyterian Cancer Center are: (1) To support the infrastructure for an integrated multimodality SWOG clinical research program. 2) To increase participation of the Columbia Presbyterian Cancer Center (CPCC) investigators in the design, conduct and analysis of SWOG studies. A particular strength of the institution is its expertise in breast and prostate cancer, marrow transplant and gene therapy as well as epidemiology, carcinogenesis and molecular epidemiology. 3) For minority cancer SWOG patients in upper Manhattan, to identify and ameliorate perceived and actual impediments to participation in clinical cancer trials. This application represents collaboration between investigators in the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Neurosurgery, Gynecology, Radiation Oncology, Urology, and Epidemiology within the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC). There are about 3000 new cancer patients each year at CPMC. Thus there are sufficient numbers of patients for SWOG clinical trials. The cancer patient population at CPMC comprises 10% Afro-American and 20% Hispanic. Superb laboratory skills in cellular and molecular biology exist within the Cancer Center and the University. Many investigators have been participants in SWOG studies but in an uncoordinated manner. The current grant will allow Columbia to provide an infrastructure to coordinate and support their research efforts, provide some data management support, but most importantly, fund travel to SWOG meetings for increasing the participation of physician and nurse investigators and for training of data managers in SWOG training seminars.