INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF CANCER CONTROL INTERVENTIONS

总体描述：（申请人的描述）所提出的癌症研究网络（CRN）由10个HMO研究网络成员的研究计划、登记人群和数据库组成-普吉特海湾的团体健康合作社、哈佛-朝圣者健康护理、亨利福特健康系统、健康伙伴研究基金会、由迈耶斯初级保健研究所代表的法伦健康护理系统、以及夏威夷、俄勒冈州、华盛顿的凯撒永久机构。北方和南方加州，以及落基山脉地区。 CRN的目标是确定和提高癌症控制干预措施的有效性，这些干预措施涵盖不同人群和卫生系统中主要癌症的自然史。 这10个保健组织约有900万注册者，它们长期致力于预防和研究，并与附属学术机构合作。

OVERALL DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) The proposed Cancer Research Network (CRN) consists of research programs, enrollee populations and databases of 10 HMO Research Network members - Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Harvard- Pilgrim Health Care, Henry Ford Health System, Health Partners Research Foundation, Fallon Health Care System represented by the Meyers Primary Care Institute, and Kaiser Permanente divisions in Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Northern and Southern California, and the Rocky Mountain area. The goal of the CRN is to determine and improve the effectiveness of cancer control interventions that span the natural history of major cancers among diverse populations and health systems. The 10 HMOs, with approximately nine million enrollees, are distinguished by their longstanding commitment to prevention and research, and collaboration among themselves and affiliated academic institutions.