The South Texas Pediatric NCI Community Oncology Research Program (STP NCORP) for Minority and Underserved is composed of five independent Children's Oncology Group (COG) institutions. The catchment area (South Texas and most of Central Texas) serves a large population of patients spread over 90,000 square miles. The population is young and in majority Hispanic (> 50%) with a significant portion of patients under the age of 18 living in poverty, particularly in the Texas-Mexico border region.
A Collaboration of the San Antonio Bioscience and Medical Research Community
A first-of-its-kind initiative between public and private sector to catalog and highlight Bioscience research in the city of San Antonio and the surrounding areas.
