Programs within the Office of Communications are involved in several collaborations and partnerships that allow NCI to share communications resources and expertise with the larger cancer research, service, and advocacy communities. A few examples of these activities follow.

• Partnerships between the CIS regional offices and local, state, and regional organizations are formed to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based cancer education projects to reach minority and medically underserved populations.

• With partners such as the M.D. Anderson Community Clinical Oncology Program and chapters of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, OC staff conducted training sessions about the clinical trial process and NCI resources.

• The CIS network participates in collaborative research studies with health communication researchers.

• Collaborations with the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Library of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others are focused on sharing and harmonizing terminologies for drugs, clinical research, and cancer incidence and prevention. A wide variety of projects are ongoing to link and integrate different biomedical terminologies.

• OC staff are providing content and technical guidance to France's new Institut National du Cancer for the development of a French national cancer clinical trials registry.

• OC staff are leading the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Subgroup on External Registries in efforts to develop specifications for a standard format for data submission to registries such as PDQ and ClinicalTrials.gov. The aim is to facilitate direct submission of information by researchers and institutions, making use of clinical trial management systems where possible.

• Service on the National Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control Core Committee and as faculty and facilitators at regional Comprehensive Cancer Control Leadership Institutes is extending NCI's reach into the community.

• OC staff have a leadership role in the International Cancer Information Service Group to help cancer organizations worldwide expand their cancer information services.

• Collaborations on television productions such as ABC News' Quit to Live series and news segments for network and public news programs are helping NCI to establish connections with media outlets and reach new audiences with important cancer information.

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