THE NORTH CENTRAL CANCER TREATMENT GROUP

中北部癌症治疗小组（NCCTG）是一个区域性组织， 主要由社区诊所组成。 它满足了 癌症患者在其区域内提供新的和有希望的 临床研究治疗方法。 它满足了 国家癌症计划通过生产高质量的研究，将 与社区实践环境最为相关， 的癌症患者接受治疗。 在建议的资助期内，不合作CTG的具体目的是 以下内容： 1.进行有意义和科学合理的临床癌症研究 协议. 2.在临床研究中设定高质量的新标准 试验，并以这种方式优化结果的有效性。 3.在规划、执行、 和临床癌症研究项目的解释。 这种相互作用 将涉及内科、外科和放射肿瘤学家， 病理学家、统计学家以及其他相关的医学和 外科专科 4.为了评估新的癌症治疗方法的适用性， 这个国家的大多数癌症患者都在社区一级接受治疗。 5.开发最具生产力、互补性和非竞争性的 社区诊所，综合癌症中心， 和国家合作团体。 6.将我们的研究视野扩展到癌症本身的确定性治疗之外 通过探索评估对症和支持性护理的方法， 满足社区环境中的人类需求。

The North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) is a regional group composed predominently of community clinics. It serves the needs of the cancer patients within its region by providing access to new and hopeful clinical research treatment approaches. It serves the needs of the National Cancer Program by producing high quality research that will be most relevant to community practice setting where the overwhelming majority of cancer patients are treated. The specific aims of the NCCTG over the proposed grant period are the following: 1. To conduct meaningful and scientifically sound clinical cancer research protocols. 2. To set new standards of high quality in the conduct of clinical research trials and in this manner to optimize the validity of results. 3. To foster true multidisciplinary interaction in the planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical cancer research programs. This interaction will involve the medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, pathologists, statisticians, as well as other pertinent medical and surgical subspecialties. 4. To evaluate the applicability of new cancer treatment approaches at the community level where most cancer patients in this country are managed. 5. To develop the most productive, complimentary and noncompetitive interrelationships between community clinics, comprehensive cancer center, and national cooperative groups. 6. To expand our research horizons beyond definitive care of cancer itself by exploring methods of evaluating symptomatic and supportive care and meeting human needs within the community setting.