title: The NCI Community Oncology Research Program: what every clinician needs to know.
abstract: Research in the community setting is essential for the translation of advances in cancer research into practice and improving cancer care for all populations. The National Cancer Institute is proposing a new community-based program, NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), which is the alignment of two existing programs, the Community Clinical Oncology Program, Minority-Based Community Clinical Oncology Program, and their Research Bases, and the National Cancer Institute's Community Cancer Centers Program. NCROP will support cancer control, prevention, treatment, and screening clinical trials and expand its research scope to include cancer care delivery research. Cancer disparities research will be integrated into studies across the continuum of NCORP research. Input from current NCI-funded community investigators provides critical insight into the challenges faced by oncology practices within various organizational structures. Furthermore, these investigators identify the resources, both administrative and clinical, that will be required in the community setting to support cancer care delivery research and to meet the requirements for a new generation of clinical research. The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has initiated a forum to focus on the conduct of clinical research in the community setting. Resources are being developed to help practices in managing cancer care in community settings.
authors.affiliation: From the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO; Yale University, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Worta
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McCaskill-Stevens
authors.forename: Alan P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lyss
authors.forename: Marge
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Good
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marsland
authors.forename: Rogerio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lilenbaum
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006295:Health Resources; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008913:Minority Groups; D054547:National Cancer Institute (U.S.) / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012108:Research Personnel; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States