INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS OF CANCER CONTROL INTERVENTIONS

总体描述:（申请人描述）拟议的癌症研究网络（CRN）由10个HMO研究网络成员的研究项目、登记人群和数据库组成，这些成员包括普吉特海湾集团健康合作组织、哈佛大学、朝圣者健康保健、亨利福特健康系统、健康伙伴研究基金会、以迈耶斯初级保健研究所为代表的法伦医疗保健系统，以及夏威夷、俄勒冈、华盛顿、北加州和南加州的凯撒医疗机构。和落基山脉地区。CRN的目标是确定和提高癌症控制干预措施的有效性，这些干预措施跨越了不同人群和卫生系统中主要癌症的自然历史。这10个hmo拥有大约900万注册者，它们的特点是长期致力于预防和研究，以及它们自己和附属学术机构之间的合作。

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.