Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP)

Description:
Supports a national network of organizations that facilitate wider community participation in cancer prevention, control, and treatment research approved by NCI. The network provides the infrastructure to link more than 2,600 community cancer specialists and primary care physicians with Clinical Cooperative Groups and Cancer Centers. In addition, CCOPs support scientific development and the implementation of cancer prevention, control, and treatment clinical trials among community Cooperative Group members and Cancer Centers.

Web Site:
http://prevention.cancer.gov/programs-resources/programs/ccop

Contact:
Cynthia Whitman; whitmanc@mail.nih.gov

This page last updated 2007-11-08 13:58:32