NJMS-UH Cancer Center Minority- Based Community Clinical Oncology Program
Minority-Based CCOP Increase the availability of state-of-the –art cancer treatment and research to minority individuals within their own community Proven track record for enrollment to NCI- sponsored studies Joint efforts of several departments within the NJ Medical School 2
Cancer Services at University Hospital Approximately 22,000 patient encounters were recorded for FY – 1132 newly diagnosed patients –Younger and more advanced stage of disease 40% AJCC stage III/IV compared to 27% nationwide Unusually high number of sarcoma, cervical, hepatic and head/neck carcinomas 3
Patient Population YearTotalMales %Females % Black %Hispanic % White %Other % (49.6) 572 (50.4) 351 (30.9) 265 (23.3) 429 (37.9) 90 (7.9) (52.6) 594 (47.4) 392 (31.3) 307 (24.5) 76 (6.1) (52.1) 541 (47.9) 394 (34.8) 261 (23.1) 359 (31.7) 118 (10.4) 4
Subject Recruitment 5
Efforts to Address Barriers Hiring bilingual staff IMPACT NJ to develop a patient/family educational video Patient Navigator Program 6
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Future Directions Hire staff Open treatment and cancer prevention trials Website Develop additional recruitment strategies Partner with community organizations 8
Team Members Medical Director –Robert Wieder, MD, PhD Program Manager –Tracie Saunders, RN, MS Research Coordinator –Yasmeen Barber, BA Regulatory Coordinator –Karen Jackson, CIP Data Manager Research Nurse Program Assistant 9
Through Oncology Research HOPE is becoming a REALITY Cancer Research Office