Welcome to the
Dayton Clinical Oncology Program

What is the Dayton Clinical Oncology Program ?

We are a regional non-profit cancer research consortium serving the Miami Valley area as well as Cincinnati, Findlay, Greenville, Middletown, Troy, and Xenia, Ohio and Richmond and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dayton Clinical Oncology Program, in cooperation with our participating area hospitals and universities and physicians, is a National Cancer Institute designated Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP).

Our 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.

For a complete listing of our currently open clinical trials, go to the "Clinical Trials" tab.
We maintain an active list of approximately 100 clinical trials for the treatment of cancers of the brain, breast, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, head and neck, leukemia, lung, lymphoma, melanoma, myeloma, sarcoma, and other sites, and for cancer prevention and cancer control.

Dayton Clinical Oncology Program's History

In the early 1980's, the Federal Government found that over 85% of cancer patients were being treated in their local communities rather than at large cancer treatment centers. They initiated funding for the Community Clinical Oncology Program. DCOP, incorporated in 1982, is one of the now 52 Community Clinical Oncology Programs nationally.

What is a clinical trial?

Clinical trials are the final stages of a long and careful cancer research process. Through clinical trials we hope to find better ways to prevent or treat cancer. Clinical trials test new approaches to surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Every treatment that is considered standard treatment today was established because patients entered clinical trials.

How can I become involved in a clinical trial?

If you are interested in a clinical trial or would like more information about a clinical trial, speak with your oncologist, surgeon, family practice physician, or contact Dayton Clinical Oncology Program and we will be glad to assist you.

Participating Dayton Clinical Oncology Program
member hospitals and universities include:

Atrium Medical Center
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Dayton VA Medical Center
Franciscan St. Francis Health
Good Samaritan Hospital
Grandview Medical Centerl
Greene Memorial Hospital
Kettering Medical Center
Miami Valley Hospital
Reid Hospital & Health Care Services
University of Cincinnati Brain Tumor Center
Upper Valley Medical Center
Wayne Health Care
Wright-Patterson Medical Center
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.

Click on the "Participating Hospitals" tab at left for a listing
of the Dayton Clinical Oncology Program hospital-based Oncology Research Nurses.

Click here to download excerpts from our most recent Annual Report

Click here download a current PowerPoint presentation

Ribbon Cutting and Open House
Dayton Clinical Oncology Program New Offices
Miami Valley Research Park, March 10, 2010
Howard Gross, MD, Board Chairperson and Principal Investigator, Sidney J. Pinkus, President & CEO, the Honorable Don Patterson, Mayor, City of Kettering, Bruce Pearson, Research Park Foundation President & CEO, Natalie King-Albert, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Vice President, Membership, other dignitaries, co-investigators, and staff

QUESTIONS?

CONTACT DAYTON CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM
OR ASK YOUR PHYSICIAN
"Is There a Clinical Trial For Me?"

Contact Us

By Phone: (937) 775-1350 Fax: (937) 775-1358	By Mail: Dayton Clinical Oncology Program 3123 Research Blvd., Suite 150 Dayton, Ohio 45420	By E-Mail: som_dcop@wright.edu