CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 29, 300-305, Copyright
© 1979 by American Cancer Society
Clinical Oncology Program: A Community Cancer Control Model
W. M. Dugan Jr. M.D.1,
D. J. Minnick 2,
J. R. Wood Ph.D.3,
K. S. Dailey R.N.3,
M. A. Jansen R.N.3,
R. G. Lohrman 3, and
D. N. Buell M.D.4
1 Director, Clinical Oncology Program, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
2 Senior Technical Advisor, Clinical Oncology Program, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
3 The Clinical Oncology Program, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
4 Program Director for Medical Oncology-Community, Division of Cancer Control and Rehabilitation (DCCR), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
The majority of cancer patients are diagnosed and treated in their local communities, making it imperative to upgrade cancer management at the community level. The Clinical Oncology Program has demonstrated that sophisticated cancer control programs are possible in a community setting. Moreover, if "quality of survival" data collection is included in such programs, valuable information emerges that can further improve cancer management in the community.