Stroger Hospital of Cook County, MBCCOP

描述(申请人提供)：小John H.Stroger Jr，位于伊利诺伊州芝加哥的库克县医院(SHCC)是库克县卫生和医院系统(CCHHS)的主要三级医疗机构。大多数癌症病例来自少数族裔服务不足的人群，主要是非裔美国人。小肝癌计划通过发展和扩大基于少数群体的社区临床肿瘤学计划(MBCCOP)来发展、加强和改进协调的护理和临床研究。托马斯·拉德博士将继续担任首席调查员(PI)。SCC MBCCOP将与目前的癌症研究基地保持和培育关系，以促进广泛和改进参与乳腺癌、肺癌、前列腺癌、胃肠道癌症、脑癌、血液病、头颈部和妇科癌症的治疗和预防/控制试验；通过发起和主持一项关于女性癌症患者生殖问题的ECOG集团范围的癌症控制研究，增加研究基础一级的科学活动；增加对肿瘤学家和其他癌症相关保健提供者的支持；鼓励多学科癌症护理和综合研究；通过参与NCL批准的临床试验，促进将最先进的高质量肿瘤学护理和新技术转让给本社区服务不足的少数群体；将重点放在预防和控制上，以此作为减少癌症发病率、发病率和死亡率的方法，并扩大和促进研究参与和机会，重点是所服务社区的特殊需求，促进外联和教育。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): John H. Stroger Jr, Hospital of Cook County (SHCC) in Chicago, Illinois is the major tertiary care site for the Cook County Health and Hospital System (CCHHS). The majority of cancer cases are from minority-underserved populations, and are predominantly African American. SHCC plans to develop, strengthen and improve coordinated care and clinical research through the growth and expansion of the Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program (MBCCOP). Dr. Thomas E. Lad will continue as Principal Investigator (PI). The SHCC MBCCOP will maintain and nurture relationships with current cancer research bases to facilitate broad and improved participation in treatment and prevention/control trials for breast, lung, prostate, gastrointestinal, brain, hematologic, head and neck, and gynecologic cancers; increase scientific activity at the research base level by initiating and chairing an ECOG group-wide cancer control study concerning reproductive issues of female cancer patients; increase support for oncologists and other cancer related healthcare providers; encourage multidisciplinary cancer care and integrated research; facilitate transfer of state-of-the-are quality oncology care and new technology to minority-underserved populations in their own communities through participation in NCl-approved clinical trials; focus on prevention and control as methods for reducing cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality and extend and promote research involvement and opportunities with emphasis on the particular needs of the community served, promoting outreach and education.