CancerPACT
Cancer Patients Alliance for Clinical Trials & Survivorship
For Better Access to Cancer Clinical Trials
The aim of the Cancer Patients Alliance for Clinical Trials & Survivorship (CancerPACT) initiative of Cancer Patients Alliance is to increase Latino and other minority participation in adult cancer clinical trials. We are concentrating initial efforts in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Salinas Valley, California; and Denver, Colorado. Local hospital and health providers will provide cancer trial participation data that will permit us to assess the effectiveness of our efforts.
Participation by women, the elderly, and members of minority groups has historically been very low in cancer clinical trials. This is particularly true of Latino-Americans. They are 15% of the US population, but comprise only 5% of the cancer clinical trial population. More.
Friends of the Alliance:
- Aetna
- Arizona Bridge to Independent Living
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cancer Patients Alliance
- Central Coast Center for Independent Living (CCCIL)
- Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas
- Clinica Tepeyac
- Colorado Cancer Research Program
- Colorado Department of Public Health
- Colorado Cancer Coalition
- Community Foundation for Monterey County
- Denver Health
- Genentech
- Harden Foundation
- Latino-American Health Network (LAHN)
- Monterey Peninsula Foundation
- Novartis Oncology
- Pfizer
- Roche
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Sutter Health
- University of California Davis Cancer Center
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- Venoco, Inc.
| For more information please contact: CancerPACT Cancer Patients Alliance 312 Fountain Avenue, Pacific Grove, California 93950 info@CancerPACT.org |
Science Board
James Abbruzzese, MD
Chief, Medical Oncology
Duke University
Markus Buchler, MD
Chairman, Surgery
Heidelberg University, Germany
Ralph Hruban, MD
Director, GI / Liver Pathology
Johns Hopkins University
Eileen O’Reilly, MD
Assistant Professor
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Margaret Tempero, MD
Chief, Medical Oncology
University of California – SF
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