Montana Cancer Consortium: An Inclusive and Collaborative Approach to Clinical Trial Accrual and Cancer Care Delivery Research across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming

项目摘要 蒙大拿州癌症联盟（MCC）是一个独立的非营利组织，其使命是 通过国家癌症研究所（NCI）向蒙大拿州、爱达荷州和怀俄明州提供最先进的癌症护理 赞助的临床研究。MCC协调、支持和改善医生和其他 癌症护理专业人员，癌症中心和医院在整个服务领域，以最大限度地提高患者获得 最高水平的癌症护理，重点是获得临床试验。此外，MCC还帮助设计和 通过持续参与来影响癌症护理提供研究，为经过验证的护理提供信息并加速其速度 临床实践的创新。该地区被称为“特大农村”，获得保健的机会有限 由于地理的广阔，缺乏大学为基础的治疗和研究设施，缺乏 初级保健提供者。蒙大拿州、爱达荷州和怀俄明州分别有七个、五个和一个美洲印第安人 分别保留，其中贫困，距离和文化禁忌的问题，围绕癌症护理 讨论和治疗造成独特的差距，预防，早期诊断，治疗和生存的 癌MCC的总体目标是增加服务领域的临床试验，同时改善 通过研究提供癌症护理。这是通过成员的包容性来实现的， 沟通、教育、对质量的承诺以及参与国家临床试验计划。的 MCC NCORP社区网站由10个主要附属网站和9个子附属网站组成， 面积超过二十万平方英里的近两百万居民。包括60个肿瘤学成员 代表所有癌症护理专业领域的研究人员。MCC是一个信誉良好的成员， 成人研究基地，并准备提供和支持扩大获得最先进的癌症 治疗、控制、预防、筛查、监测和护理服务。 强有力的领导、成员医生的参与网络和专门的附属网站加强了MCC， NCORP社区网站。

PROJECT SUMMARY The Montana Cancer Consortium (MCC) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring state-of-the-art cancer care to Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming through National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored clinical research. MCC coordinates, supports and improves the activities of physicians and other cancer care professionals, cancer centers and hospitals across the service area to maximize patient access to the highest levels of cancer care with a focus on access to clinical trials. In addition, MCC helps to design and influence cancer care delivery research through continued participation that informs and speeds validated care innovations into clinical practice. The region has been characterized as `mega-rural' with limited access to care due to the vastness of the geography, lack of university-based treatment and research facilities, and lack of primary care providers. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming are home to seven, five, and one American Indian Reservations respectively, where issues of poverty, distance, and cultural taboos surrounding cancer care discussion and treatment create unique disparities to prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and survivorship of cancer. The overall goal of MCC is to increase access to clinical trials in the service area while improving the delivery of cancer care through research. This is accomplished through inclusiveness of membership, communication, education, a commitment to quality, and participation in national clinical trial initiatives. The MCC NCORP Community Site consists of 10 primary affiliate sites and nine sub-affiliates that collectively serve nearly two million residents in an area covering over 200,000 square miles. Membership includes 60 oncology investigators representing all cancer care specialty areas. MCC is a member in good standing with the four adult research bases, and is poised to provide and support expanded access to state-of-the-art cancer treatment, control, prevention, screening, surveillance and care delivery through NCI-sponsored clinical trials. Strong leadership, an involved network of member physicians and dedicated affiliate sites strengthens MCC as an NCORP Community Site.