For Researchers, a Resource

The NCCCP serves as a community-based platform to support basic, clinical and population-based research initiatives across the cancer care continuum.

The NCCCP is exploring ways that community hospital cancer centers can support basic, clinical and population-based cancer research initiatives.

Among NCCCP research-based initiatives:

1. The NCCCP is developing an oncology-specific electronic health record providing researchers access to valuable data on cancer, while maintaining patients’ anonymity.

2. The 21 NCCCP cancer centers serve as a resource to the nation’s nearly 1,400 accredited community hospital cancer centers. The sites provide researchers with a broad and diverse group of patients for quality improvement studies, to accrue to clinical trials, and from whom to collect blood and tissue samples.

3. NCI Resources for Researchers
   
   Information Technology
   • caBIG - a collaborative network that accelerates the discovery of new approaches for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer
   • Find caBIG Tools
   
   Biospecimens
   • OBBR - The NCI Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research
   • NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources
   
   Quality of Care
   • Outcomes Research – learn about NCI’s efforts to measure, evaluate, and improve patient-centered outcomes of cancer care delivery across the cancer care continuum