Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium CCOP

描述(由申请者提供)：密苏里谷癌症联合会(MVCC)是一家以社区为基础的研究机构，其具体目标如下：1)向所服务的社区提供合作团体研究机会；2)通过持续培训医疗保健专业人员提供优质的癌症治疗；3)提高社区对临床试验可获得性的认识；4)教育社区了解临床试验的重要性和安全性；5)向社区提供癌症意识和癌症预防教育；6)招募患者参加合作团体临床试验。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、护士和其他医疗保健专业人员、医院和社区癌症诊所建立网络来完成的，他们认识到癌症患者的独特需求，并致力于提供注重研究的癌症护理，预期的结果是通过临床试验过程使患者直接受益，并在癌症治疗、癌症控制和癌症预防教育领域造福社区。MVCC拥有一支由医生、护士和其他医疗保健专业人员组成的高度敬业的工作人员，他们不仅共同努力治疗癌症患者，而且利用公共教育、癌症筛查和癌症预防教育的途径，专注于提高社区对临床试验和癌症预防重要性的认识。将少数群体纳入社区方案的战略继续被列为优先事项。作为一个项目，MVCC朝着这个方向努力，对患者护理、癌症教育和社区公众对临床试验的认识产生了重大影响。这项研究计划致力于提供社区层面的临床试验，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.