ONS Connect - December 2008 - (Page 20) wEBCONNECT Learn About Clinical Trials in Your Own Community [By Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ®, ONS Web Site Editor] T he National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that 85% of patients with cancer in the United States are diagnosed and treated at centers in or near the communities where they live (http://ncccp.cancer.gov/Media/FactSheet.htm). Evidence suggests that patients involved in clinical research and multispecialty care have better outcomes (http://ncccp.cancer.gov/Media/ FactSheet.htm). These NCI-sponsored programs aim to bring cancer research into the community. Also, be sure to check out the Clinical Trials Resource Area on the ONS Web site (www.ons.org/ clinical/clinicaltrials) for additional information on clinical trials. ✱ Title Cancer Disparities Research Partnership Program URL www3.cancer.gov/rrp/CDRP/index .html Deborah Braccia, RN, MPA, OCN ® Description Supports the planning, development, and conduct of radiation oncology clinical trials in institutions that care for a disproportionate number of medically underserved, low-income, ethnic and minority populations but have not been traditionally involved in NCI-sponsored research Supports a national network of physicians who participate in NCI-sponsored phase III cancer treatment trials A three-year pilot program to test the concept of a national network of community cancer centers to expand cancer research and deliver the latest, most advanced cancer care to a greater number of Americans in the communities in which they live A network for conducting cancer prevention and treatment clinical trials by community medical practitioners; connects academic centers (research bases who design and conduct the trials) with community practices who accrue patients to those trials Aims to reduce cancer health disparities through community-based participatory education, training, and research among racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations Cancer Trials Support Unit www.ctsu.org Community Cancer Centers Program http://ncccp.cancer.gov Community Clinical Oncology Program http://prevention.cancer.gov/ programs-resources/programs/ccop Community Networks Program http://crchd.cancer.gov/cnp/overview .html Visit ONS Connect Online for Active Links Don’t want to type all of the Web Connect URLs into your browser? Visit www.ONSConnect.org to check out ONS Connect’s digital edition, which has active links. 20 ONS CONNECT December 2008 http://ncccp.cancer.gov/Media/FactSheet.htm http://ncccp.cancer.gov/Media/FactSheet.htm http://ncccp.cancer.gov/Media/FactSheet.htm http://www.ons.org/clinical/clinicaltrials http://www.ons.org/clinical/clinicaltrials http://www3.cancer.gov/rrp/CDRP/index.html http://www3.cancer.gov/rrp/CDRP/index.html http://www.ctsu.org http://ncccp.cancer.gov http://prevention.cancer.gov/programs-resources/programs/ccop http://prevention.cancer.gov/programs-resources/programs/ccop http://crchd.cancer.gov/cnp/overview.html http://crchd.cancer.gov/cnp/overview.html http://www.ONSConnect.org
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