What is a CCOP? The Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) is a comprehensive clinical trial mechanism for disseminating the latest cancer prevention and treatment research findings to the community level. Created in 1983 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), CCOP enables patients and physicians to participate in clinical trials at 61 major research centers in 34 states across the country, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. One purpose of the CCOP is to ensure that cancer patients have access to quality medical care in their own communities.

Technically a CCOP is a group of community hospitals and physicians funded by a peer-reviewed cooperating agreement to participate in NCI-sponsored cancer treatment, prevention and control trials. But a CCOP is actually a collaboration of dedicated and committed people who give of their time, energy and compassion to provide all aspects of care for cancer patients, their families and  people at risk for developing cancer.

About Greenville CCOP (GCCOP): Cancer Centers of the Carolinas was awarded a Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) grant in 1995. The GCCOP is a community based cancer research and education program that offers national cancer prevention and treatment clinical trials for people who are at risk for developing cancer or who have been diagnosed with cancer. The GCCOP is comprised of 28 physicians, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, urological oncologists and surgical oncologists. The components of the GCCOP include Greenville Hospital System, Saint Francis and Self Regional Healthcare.