Coltman C A
Cancer Therapy and Research Center, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Semin Oncol. 1994 Aug;21(4 Suppl 7):107-11.
The Southwest Oncology Group has become a model for other oncology organizations in the way it facilitates participation of community physicians and their cancer patients in clinical trials. The Southwest Oncology Group accomplishes this through its Community Clinical Oncology Program and Cooperative Group Outreach Program. The Community Clinical Oncology Program brings state-of-the-art cancer treatment, prevention, and control research to the community hospital setting, where most cancer patients receive treatment. The Cooperative Group Outreach Program broadens community participation in clinical trials beyond the extent achievable through Community Clinical Oncology Program. Together, these programs have succeeded in increasing community physician participation in clinical trials and have shown that community physicians are capable of submitting data comparable in quality to those obtained in the academic setting.
西南肿瘤协作组在促进社区医生及其癌症患者参与临床试验方面，已成为其他肿瘤学组织的典范。西南肿瘤协作组通过其社区临床肿瘤项目和协作组推广项目来实现这一目标。社区临床肿瘤项目将最先进的癌症治疗、预防和控制研究引入社区医院环境，而大多数癌症患者在此接受治疗。协作组推广项目将社区参与临床试验的范围扩大到了社区临床肿瘤项目所能达到的范围之外。这些项目共同成功地提高了社区医生参与临床试验的程度，并表明社区医生能够提交质量与学术环境中所获得的数据相当的数据。
