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Causes: Cancer
Mission: To reduce cancer incidence and mortality through improved treatment and prevention by offering national state-of-the-art cancer research to the local communities.
Programs: Dayton clinical oncology program was incorporated in 1983, and designated one of the original national cancer institute (nci) grant-funded community clinical oncology programs, serving the local community in providing access to nci clinical trials. In 2014, the dayton clinical oncology program successfully transitioned to an nci community oncology research program to continue its 31-year-old mission of providing state-of-the-art cancer treatment to patients in their own communities throughout ohio in eastern indiana. The dayton clinical oncology program consortium consists of 10 hospitals, 1 university, a large physician practice and over 55 physicians representing medical, surgical and radiation oncology, along with oncology research nurses dedicated to the program. In the last year, almost 300 patients were enrolled to a study through the dayton clinical oncology program, with approximately 450 patients, previously treated on a clinical trial, being monitored in follow-up.