Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Department of Surgery,*

描述（由申请人提供）： 伊利诺伊州芝加哥的库克县斯特罗杰医院（JSH）是库克县卫生服务局（CCBHS）的主要三级医疗机构。大多数癌症病例来自少数民族服务不足的人群，主要是非洲裔美国人（AA），JSH计划通过发展和扩大少数民族社区临床肿瘤学计划（MBCCOP），发展，加强和改善协调的癌症护理和临床研究。Dr.霍华德Zaren将继续担任主要研究者（P.I.）。MBCCOP的努力将扩大业务基础和核心基础设施，以支持增加的NCI批准的研究;发展与癌症研究基地的关系，以促进广泛和改善参与JSH 5个主要癌症部位的治疗和癌症预防与控制研究（乳腺，肺，结肠直肠，头颈部和前列腺）;增加对肿瘤学家和其他癌症相关医疗保健提供者的支持;鼓励多学科癌症护理和综合研究（临床、基础科学和流行病学）;促进将最先进的高质量肿瘤护理和新技术转让给社区中服务不足的少数群体患者;注重预防和控制，将其作为降低癌症发病率、发病率和死亡率的方法，特别强调初级保健医生的参与和教育;扩大和促进研究参与和机会，强调所服务社区的特殊需要，促进外联和教育;监测和评估结果，以确定计划的有效性，结果差异的潜在原因，并确定新的调查和增长与发展领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stroger Hospital of Cook County (JSH) in Chicago Illinois is the major tertiary care site for the County of Cook Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS). The majority of cancer cases are from minority-underserved populations, and are predominantly African-American (AA), Department of Surgery, JSH plans to develop, strengthen & improve coordinated cancer care & clinical research, through the growth & expansion of the Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program (MBCCOP). Dr. Howard Zaren will continue as Principal Investigator (P.I.). The MBCCOP effort will expand the operational base & core infrastructure to support increased numbers of NCI-approved studies; develop relationships with Cancer Research Bases to facilitate broad & improved participation in treatment and cancer prevention & control studies for the 5 major cancer sites seen at JSH (breast, lung, colorectal, head & neck, & prostate); increase support for oncologists & other cancer related health care providers; encourage multidisciplinary cancer care and integrated research (clinical, basic science & epidemiological); facilitate transfer of state-of-the-art quality oncology care & new technology to minority-underserved patients in their own communities; focus on prevention & control as methods for reducing cancer incidence, morbidity & mortality, with special emphasis on primary care physician involvement and education; extend and promote research involvement and opportunities with emphasis on the particular needs of the community served, promoting outreach and education; monitor and evaluate outcomes to ascertain program effectiveness, potential causes of outcome disparity and determine new areas of investigation and growth & development.