About Us Section -- Introduction

Who We Are

The Colorado Cancer Research Program is:

Photo of Eduardo Pajon, MD, Principal Investigator and Nicholas DiBella, MD, Board Chairman

Eduardo Pajon, MD, CCRP Principal Investigator, (left) and Nicholas DiBella, MD, past CCRP Board Chairman

A nonprofit community-based cancer program established to provide community hospitals and physicians access to a wide range of cancer research trials in order to provide their patients with greater options for the treatment, control, and prevention of cancer.
One of 55 community oncology programs in the United States designated to participate in conducting cancer clinical trials as the best way to test how to treat, control and prevent cancer.
A consortium effort among seventeen Colorado hospitals, over 100 medical and radiation oncologists, surgeons and other specialists, and a highly trained CCRP oncology program staff committed to delivering the best that cancer science has to offer… close to home.
Governed by a Board of Trustees representing consortium hospitals and the broader community dedicated to delivering the mission.

Our Mission & Vision

The Vision: To keep hope and promise alive by the progress that we help make through community oncology research.

The Mission: To provide the people of Colorado the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the medical research through cancer clinical trials.

The Purpose: To serve as a Community Clinical Oncology Program, as designated by the National Cancer Institute, to enable the people in the local community to participate in cancer prevention, cancer control, and cancer treatment research through local physicians and community hospitals.

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