St. John Hospital and Medical Center and the Van Elslander Cancer Center are members of the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP). The CCOP was established by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1983. Through this program, community physicians work with scientists conducting NCI-supported clinical trials.

Participation in the CCOP benefits patients and physicians in the community as well as scientists in research centers. The program helps in the transfer of the latest research findings to the community level. The CCOP increases the number of patients and physicians who can participate in clinical trials operated at major research centers and allows scientists to conduct large-scale cancer prevention and control studies.

Locally, St. John Hospital and Medical Center is a member of the Michigan Cancer Research Consortium CCOP, which includes St. John Macomb Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Health System–Ann Arbor, Hurley Medical Center–Flint, Sparrow Health Systems, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Saginaw and Genesys Regional Medical Center. Besides CCOP, St. John Hospital and Medical Center and the Van Elslander Cancer Center are affiliated with the following research centers:

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
• North Central Treatment Group (NCCTG)
• National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Cancer and Bowel Project (NSABP)
• Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG)
• South West Oncology Group (SWOG)
• University of Michigan
• Children’s Oncology Group (COG)
• Gynecological Oncology Group (GOP)