COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
Staying close to your community and receiving cancer careRESEARCH AREAS
Reducing cancer risk and incidence and Improving outcomesTAKING PART IN NCORP
Finding clinical trials, exploring NCI cancer resources, and locating NCORP sites
Why is Community-based Cancer Research Important?
Being able to join research studies in a person’s own community allows them to stay close to family, friends, support systems and their local physicians and health organizations, where high quality clinical studies are resulting in better care.
Research Areas in NCORP
NCORP designs and conducts cancer prevention, control, screening, and post-treatment surveillance trials; conducts cancer care delivery research, including comparative effectiveness research; and integrates disparities research questions into clinical trials and cancer care delivery research.
Taking Part in NCORP Studies
NCORP clinical trials and research studies are underway at sites throughout the country. NCORP brings researchers together with community based physicians to conduct high quality clinical studies for cancer patients and for people at risk of cancer in local settings, where most patients receive their care.
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Find a Site
The investigators, cancer care providers, academic institutions, and other organizations that take part in NCORP conduct multi-site cancer clinical trials and studies in community-based healthcare systems across the United States and Puerto Rico. Search for participating sites in your area by name or with an interactive map.
News
- NCORP Year in Review
(November 17, 2016) - ECOG-ACRIN Begins Site Recruitment for TMIST Breast Imaging Trial
(October 25, 2016) - NCI Seeks Ideas from NCORP Professionals and Others by Aug. 30
(August 15, 2016) - Olanzapine Helps Prevent Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Chemotherapy
(July 21, 2016)
