Cancer Research for the Ozarks

描述（由申请人提供）：Ozarks癌症研究（CRO）将通过提供预防、控制和治疗试验（II期和III期）中的临床肿瘤学研究，继续为区域社区提供十五年的服务。主要服务区是斯普林菲尔德-布兰森走廊，密苏里州第三大都会区。CRO在乔普林、罗拉和西平原的卫星的附属公司将服务范围扩大到这些城市和广大的农村地区。2002年，CRO医院和附属机构约有5 000个新的癌症病例。 CRO致力于通过从最大允许数量的研究基地向其患者群体提供广泛的协议来扩大临床试验的可及性。目前，CRO提供了近140个有效的协议。CRO也在申请增加妇科肿瘤组作为其第六个研究基地。 社区组织继续制定和实施战略，以增加少数群体的参与，包括与少数群体组织建立长期关系。 由于这些努力，部落组织得以对少数群体进行有针对性的外联活动。CRO还发现了增加预防和控制试验应计费用的机会。CRO预防试验委员会与社区组织、当地医院和医生合作，提供广泛的癌症筛查。CRO将把这些努力扩大到更多社区，举办年度外展活动并加强与服务不足人群的关系。 圣John's Regional Health Center和CoxHealth是Springfield的两个卫生系统，也是CRO - CCOP的共同申办者，它们继续扩大其肿瘤学服务，增强了CRO招募研究受试者的能力。他们已经增加了肿瘤学家的数量，并正在将IMRT添加到他们的辐射中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cancer Research for the Ozarks (CRO) will continue its fifteen years of service to the regional community by providing access to clinical oncology research in prevention, control and treatment trials (phase II and phase III). The primary service area is the Springfield-Branson corridor, the third largest metro area in Missouri. CRO's affiliates in Joplin, Rolla and the satellite in West Plains extend access to those cities and a wide rural area. In 2002, the CRO hospitals and affiliates had approximately 5,000 new cancer cases. CRO is dedicated to expanding access to clinical trials by making a wide array of protocols available to its patient population from the maximum allowed number of research bases. Currently, CRO offers nearly one hundred and forty active protocols. CRO is also applying to add the Gynecology Oncology Group as its 6th research base. CRO continues to develop and implement strategies to increase minority participation including establishing long-term relationships with minority based organizations. CRO has been able to conduct targeted outreach to minorities as a result of these efforts. CRO has also identified opportunities to increase accrual to prevention and control trials. The CRO prevention trials committee partners with community organizations, local hospitals and physicians to offer broad-based cancer screening. CRO will expand these efforts to additional communities, establish annual outreach events and strengthen relationships with underserved populations. St. John's Regional Health Center and CoxHealth, the two health systems in Springfield and Co-Sponsors of the CRO - CCOP continue to expand their oncology services enhancing CRO's ability to recruit study participants. They have increased the number of oncologists on staff and are in the process of adding IMRT to their radiation centers.