Annual Report of Program Activities, Vol. 4: National Cancer Institute, Fiscal Year 1981 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from Annual Report of Program Activities, Vol. 4: National Cancer Institute, Fiscal Year 1981

The Division of Resources, Centers, and Community Activities develops, supports, and manages programs concerned with: 1) applied research in cancer control, 2) rehabilitation research, 3) cancer centers, 4) research in cancers of various organs, 5) the training of researchers, 6) the education of clinical health professionals, and 7) the construction of research facilities. The primary accomplishments in the area of cancer control during this past year have been:

Preparation of a Statement on Cancer Control which broadly defines the scope of the Institutes cancer control program (Appendix 1). This statement makes it clear that cancer control is a research discipline and shifts the emphasis of cancer control activities from demonstration to research.

The establishment of a subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors to examine the problems of cancer treatment technology transfer and the incorporation of community physicians into the National Cancer Program. The Subcommittee on Community Oncology and Technology Transfer will advise on the development of systems that simultaneously improve the quality of cancer management in the community while increasing the number of patients from the community who are entered into clinical investigative trials.

Planning for an applied prevention program was begun by establishing a subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors to review the status of chemoprevention and make recommendations about an organized chemoprevention program. The subcommittee has sponsored several workshops and is in the process of developing a report which should be available by December 1981.

Attempts to revise the Guidelines for Cancer Centers Support Grant applications were brought to fruition, and the new guidelines have been approved by the Board of Scientific Counselors and the National Cancer Advisory Board. Representatives from Cancer Centers and members of the Cancer Centers Support Grant Review Committee met together with members of the Cancer Centers Branch to review and discuss the guidelines and identify potential problems. As a consequence of this successful meeting, it is anticipated that the guidelines will be implemented with little or no difficulty.

The Division has undergone a period of reorganization and consolidation. Some older programs have come to an end and others have been phased down or discontinued. The next year should see the beginning of a significant new program of applied research in the prevention and management of cancer.

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