Related NCI Initiatives

NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP)

The NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) is 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.

The pilot program is designed to encourage the collaboration of private-practice medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, with close links to NCI research and to the network of 63 NCI-designated Cancer Centers principally based at large research universities.

The NCCCP seeks to:

• Bring more Americans into a system of high-quality cancer care
• Increase participation in clinical trials
• Reduce cancer healthcare disparities
• Improve information sharing among community cancer centers

For more information on the NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), http://ncccp.cancer.gov/