NCI launches program for community-based clinical research: NCORP replaces 2 previous programs

Improving clinical research and cancer care delivery in community settings: evaluating the NCI community cancer centers program

BACKGROUND In this article, we describe the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) pilot and the evaluation designed to assess its role, function, and relevance to the NCI's research mission. In doing so, we describe the evolution of and rationale for the NCCCP concept, participating sites' characteristics, its multi-faceted aims to enhance clinical research an...

NCI launches an innovative design for a breast cancer clinical trial.

A new clinical trial will use a comprehensive genetic profi le to test whether early-stage breast cancer patients need chemotherapy. The National Cancer Institute – sponsored trial is among the fi rst to tailor a patient’s therapy to her individual genetic profi le. Many researchers say this as yet unproven approach is a logical step in cancer treatment. “ It’s very different. It’s very novel b...

Joint Commission launches nursing and rehabilitation center accreditation program. Program replaces long-term care accreditation and offers specialty certification option.

reinvention of its Long Term Care Accreditation Program, The Joint Commission launched the new Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Accreditation Program and option for specialty certification. The new program is designed to address the changing market conditions faced by long term care organizations, which are providing increasingly complex nursing care as well as rehabilitative and other service...

Reforming the community research program: from Community Clinical Oncology Program to the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program.

Community research has been an integral and influential component of the National Research Program since the late 1970s. Institutionalization of community research in the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) has resulted in successful collaborations, meaningful accrual, achievement of quality standards, and translation of research into clinical practice. Although the national clinical tri...

Circulation Research launches a clinical track for studies in humans.