Today we Fight! Tomorrow we Win!
At Western States (WSCR), we believe clinical research should be a natural extension of patient care. WSCR is a Site Management Organization (SMO) dedicated to helping physicians, clinics, and healthcare systems seamlessly integrate clinical research into their local communities.
We provide the infrastructure, expertise, and support needed to bring innovative therapies to patients while reducing administrative burden for providers.
By supporting us, you are helping to advance medicine and improve health outcomes in YOUR community.
Founded in 1988, WSCR (then Colorado Cancer Research Program) has opened more than 900 clinical trials, with nearly 6,000 individuals taking part. Through your generosity, we will be expanding our portfolio to include not only cancer clinical trials, but other therapeutic areas also (e.g. behavioral health, dermatology, and urology). While research is a part of our name, we are not a research organization, but rather a bridge to connect patients and physicians to essential clinical trials.
Your support will help us:
Together we can advance medicine, empower practices, and improve patient care.
Give today to change someone's tomorrow!
We would like to introduce you to Dr. Ryan Weight, a medical oncologist at The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Institute, and one of our 2023 Berris Award winners in honor of our founder, Robert F. Berris, MD. As a medical oncologist providing care to patients with advanced cancer such as melanoma and other skin cancers, his role is best described as a director or navigator, one who provides guidance to patients based on knowledge and accumulated experience. The Melanoma and Skin Cancer Institute (MSCI) is collaborating with Western States Cancer Research NCORP (WSCR-NCORP) and the Sarah Cannon Research Institute to provide a robust suite of clinical trial options to patients. The MSCI is heavily focused on clinical trial development and implementation in melanoma and skin cancers to offer cutting edge therapies to patients.
Since 2008, members of the Bill Dea family have hosted an annual golf tournament in his honor and in support of Western States Cancer Research NCORP. Bill Dea, a very special husband, dad, friend, and avid golfer passed away Labor Day Weekend, 1993 due to cancer. Being the generous and selfless man he was, Bill donated his body to help find a cure.
"Participating in a WSCR-NCORP study saved my life-I am now in remission and, thanks to the study, feeling great. I can make it through my day without being exceptionally tired. I sleep better. I have my energy level back and, and most importantly, I'm back to being able to participate in family events. I chose to enroll in the study for a couple of reasons: coincidentally my father-in-law also has CLL and participated in a study in San Diego, with excellent results. So, I knew the benefits of participation plus wanted to be able to help others and help further research to one day find a cure. If it wasn't for WSCR-NCORP and their awesome team, I don't know where I'd be now-and we can't thank you enough!"
Ed Brandon, cancer patient, Monument, CO, his wife of 30 years, Kim Regan-Brandon and son.
At Western States Cancer Research, we make clinical trials and research studies available to patients and physicians in their own communities. While research is a part of our name, we are not a research organization, but rather a connector of patients and physicians to essential clinical trials.
In 1970, Dr. Berris penned a letter to the Director of the National Cancer Institute stating that the current system of cancer research funding was not reaching down to the community level where the majority of patients were being treated. In 1983, the National Cancer Institute followed Dr. Berris’ advice and formed the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP). Under Dr. Berris’ leadership, we were one of the original 20 CCOP sites established and continue today as Western States Cancer Research. Dr. Berris retired from his private practice in 2005 and continued to support our work until his death in 2011.
Since our inception in 1983, we have brought revolutionary clinical treatment, prevention, and symptom control to patients across the United States. Working together with you, patients, physicians, WSCR has been able to find important answers that have changed how disease is both treated and prevented.
Organization name
Western States Cancer Research NCORP
other names
WSCR, Colorado Cancer Research Program
1983
Tax id (EIN)
84-1090476
Category
Medical Research
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1325 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite B-400Headquarters
1325 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite B-400Denver County, CO, US