The unequal burden of cancer
Subtitle: an assessment of NIH research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved
By: M. Alfred Haynes and Brian D. Smedley, editors ; Committee on Cancer Research among Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Health Sciences Policy Program, Health Sciences Section, Institute of Medicine.
Contributors: Haynes, M. Alfred.; Smedley, Brian D.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Cancer Research among Minorities and the Medically Underserved.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Cancer -- Research -- Government policy -- United States; Minorities -- Diseaes -- Research -- Government policy -- United States; Poor -- Diseases -- Research -- Government policy -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: The struggle against cancer; title: The burden of cancer among ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations; title: Overview of programs of research on ethnic minority and medically underserved populations at the national institutes of health; title: Evaluation of priority setting and programs of research on ethnic minority and medically underserved populations at the national institutes of health; title: Advancing a state-of-the-art treatment and prevention; title: Cancer survivorship; title: Monitoring and reporting.