Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium CCOP

描述（由申请人提供）：密苏里谷癌症联盟（MVCC）是一个基于社区的研究工作，具有以下具体目标：1)为所服务的社区提供合作小组研究机会；2)通过持续培训保健专业人员，提供高质量的癌症护理；3)提高社区对临床试验可获得性的认识；4)向社会宣传临床试验的重要性和安全性；5)向市民提供防癌意识及防癌教育；6)招募合作组临床试验患者。该组织的工作主要是通过内布拉斯加州和爱荷华州西部的医生、护士和其他卫生保健专业人员、医院和社区癌症诊所的网络来完成的，他们认识到癌症患者的独特需求，并致力于提供以研究为重点的癌症护理，期望的结果是通过临床试验过程直接使患者受益。在癌症治疗、癌症控制和癌症预防教育方面，这对社区是有益的。MVCC拥有一支由医生、护士和其他卫生保健专业人员组成的坚定的团队，他们不仅共同努力治疗癌症患者，而且通过公众教育、癌症筛查和癌症预防教育的途径，致力于提高社区对临床试验和癌症预防重要性的认识。将少数民族人口纳入社区项目的战略继续得到优先考虑。作为一个项目，MVCC在患者护理、癌症教育和社区内公众对临床试验的认识方面具有重大影响。该研究项目致力于在社区层面提供临床试验的机会，促进高质量的癌症护理和癌症教育，并产生最终将使所有癌症患者受益的研究数据。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium (MVCC) is a community based research effort with the following specific aims: 1) to provide cooperative group research opportunities to the communities served; 2) to provide quality cancer care through ongoing training of health care professionals; 3) to promote community awareness of clinical trial availability; 4) to educate the community on the importance and safety of clinical trials; 5) to provide cancer awareness and cancer prevention education to the community; 6) to enroll patients to cooperative group clinical trials. The work of this organization is mainly accomplished through a networking of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, hospitals, and community cancer clinics across Nebraska and Western Iowa who recognize the unique needs of people with cancer, and hwo are committed to providing cancer care with an emphasis on research, a desired outcome is that there is direct patient benefit through the clinical trial process, and that there is benefit to the community in the areas of cancer treatment, cancer control, and cancer prevention education. The MVCC has a deeply committeed staff of physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who work together to not only treat cancer patients, but who focus efforts on community awareness of the importance of clinical trials and cancer prevention, using pathways of pubilic education, cancer screening, and cancer prevention education. Strategies to include minority populations in community programs continue to be prioritized. Working in this direction as a program, the MVCC has a significant impact on patient care, cancer education, and public awareness of clinical trials withing the community. This research program strives to provide access to clinical trials at the community level, to promote quality cancer care and cancer educatioin, and to produce research data that will ultimately benefit all cancer patients.