Meeting Support for Applied Research Program

应用研究项目（ARP）是美国国家癌症研究所（NCI）癌症控制与人口科学部（DCCPS）的五个项目之一。ARP的任务是了解美国的癌症护理和控制活动如何以及为什么影响癌症发病率、发病率、死亡率和生存率的护理模式和趋势。通过ARP对方法研究的支持，以改进调查数据收集和临床数据库，开发用于临床试验和观察性研究的评估工具，以及对现有癌症控制数据的分析，实现这一使命成为可能。这些数据用于评估癌症相关健康行为和风险因素、卫生保健服务、经济学和结果（包括患者报告的结果）的模式和趋势。ARP与受资助者以及许多公共和私人合作伙伴合作。ARP的研究计划、工具和资源在将研究知识转化为整个癌症控制连续体的有效政策方面做出了重要贡献。方案支助三个司的研究和评价活动：卫生服务和经济司。重点研究与癌症有关的保健服务；风险因素监测及方法科。注重监测人群中与癌症有关的健康行为和风险，并改进对这些因素的测量；及成果研究处。专注于癌症结果的测量、分析和改进。副主任办公室设定项目优先级，确定ARP资源使用和工作人员职责，并在DCCPS内执行支持ARP任务的倡议。ARP支持的研究目标是：监测癌症相关风险和健康行为；改进评估癌症相关暴露的方法；推进癌症治疗质量的测量和监测方法和系统；评估和改进衡量癌症结果的方法；在人口水平上估计癌症干预措施的成本和收益；描述和理解癌症相关的健康差异；改善有效的癌症控制干预措施的传播。每个领域的研究为癌症预防、治疗和控制的决策提供信息。工作人员还为其他NCI癌症预防和控制研究项目提供分析支持，以供NCI范围内的项目指导、评估和政策制定。

The Applied Research Program (ARP) is one of five programs in the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS). ARP's mission is to understand how and why cancer care and control activities in the United States influence patterns of care and trends in cancer incidence, morbidity, mortality and survival. Pursuit of this mission is possible through ARP's support of methodologic research to improve survey data collection and clinical databases, development of assessment tools for use in clinical trials and observational studies, as well as analysis of existing cancer control data. These data are used to evaluate patterns and trends in cancer-associated health behaviors and risk factors, health care services, economics, and outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes. ARP collaborates with grantees and many public and private partners. ARP's research initiatives, tools, and resources contribute in important ways to the translation of research knowledge into effective policies across the cancer control continuum. ARP supports research and evaluation activities in three branches: Health Services and Economics Branch. Focuses on the study of cancer-related health services; Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch. Focuses on monitoring of cancer-related health behaviors and risks in populations, as well as improved measurement of those factors; and Outcomes Research Branch. Focuses on cancer outcomes measurement, analysis, and improvement. The Office of the Associate Director sets Program priorities, determines ARP resource use and staff responsibilities, and carries out initiatives that support the mission of the ARP within the DCCPS. Research supported by ARP is targeted to: Monitoring cancer-relevant risks and health behaviors; Improving methods for assessing cancer-relevant exposures; Advancing methods and systems for measuring and monitoring quality of cancer care; Evaluating and improving methods for measuring cancer outcomes; Estimating costs and benefits of cancer interventions at the population level; Describing and understanding cancer-related health disparities; and Improving dissemination of efficacious cancer control interventions. Research in each area informs policy decisions in cancer prevention, treatment, and control. Staff also provide analytical support to other NCI cancer prevention and control research programs for NCI-wide program guidance, evaluation, and policy development.