San Juan Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program

描述（由申请人提供）：圣胡安MBCCOP于1990年由NIH成立并资助。该计划为加勒比地区的波多黎各岛带来了最先进的、由国家癌症研究所赞助的癌症预防、控制和治疗临床研究，该地区约有40%的西班牙裔少数民族人口在医疗上贫困（无保险）。该计划加速了社区治疗，控制和预防癌症的新知识的转移。它通过调整临床研究试验的结果和指南来提高护理质量。它不断确定癌症控制和治疗研究的障碍和挑战，它涉及癌症控制和治疗的多学科专家。该计划促进医学生，居民和研究员在肿瘤学培训的临床研究，努力专注于循证医学实践和未来几代人的临床护理。PR岛距离美国本土100英里乘35英里，1200英里。2010年的最新人口普查显示，有370万居民。岛上癌症登记处报告每年约有12 500个新的癌症病例。与美国大陆相比，烟草/酒精相关恶性肿瘤的癌症发病率较高，特别是头颈部、食管至肝脏。宫颈癌、子宫癌和胃癌的死亡率也有所增加。SJMBCCOP正式隶属于NSABP、ECOG、MD安德森、南佛罗里达大学、维克森林大学和CTSU。我们参与的重点是乳腺癌，前列腺癌和结肠癌临床研究，我们继续关注这些研究，目前有70多个开放的方案。该计划已扩大到包括3家医院;一所大学癌症中心和7家私人肿瘤诊所。MBCCOP共有81名来自多学科专业的研究人员和13名正在培训的临床和研究人员。该计划将继续发展与NCI赞助的研究基地的研究关系，并将参与和促进癌症研究，最终有望治愈癌症和改善生活质量，特别是在服务不足的人群中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The San Juan MBCCOP was formed and funded by NIH in 1990. The program brings to the Island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, state of the art, NCI-sponsored, Cancer Prevention, Control and Treatment Clinical Research to a large, minority Hispanic population where around 40% are medically indigent (uninsured). The program accelerates the transfer of new knowledge to treat, control and prevent cancer in the community. It enhances quality of care by adapting results and guidelines of clinical research trials. It continuously identifies barriers and challenges to cancer control and treatment research It involves multidisciplinary specialists in cancer control and treatment. The program promotes clinical research for medical students, residents and fellows in oncology training in an effort to focus on evidence-based medical practices and clinical care in future generations. The island of P.R. is 100 miles by 35 miles and 1200 miles from US mainland. The last census of 2010 reveals there are 3.7 million inhabitants. The island cancer registry reports about 12,500 new cancer cases per year. There is an excess incidence of cancer as compared to US mainland of tobacco/alcohol related malignancy, specifically head and neck, esophageal to liver. Also an increase of mortality in cervical, uterine and gastric cancers. The SJMBCCOP is formally affiliated to NSABP, ECOG, MD Anderson, University of South Florida, Wake Forest University and CTSU. Our participation highlights have been in Breast, Prostate, and Colon Cancer Clinical Research, where we continue to focus, and currently have over 70 opened protocols. The program has expanded to include 3 hospitals; One University Cancer Center and 7 private oncology practices. The MBCCOP has a total 81 investigators from multidisciplinary specialties and13 clinical and research fellows in training. The program will continue to develop research affiliations with NCI-sponsored research bases, and will participate and contribute in cancer research that eventually promises to cure cancer and improve quality of life, especially in the underserved population.