Cancer Screening

Local Solutions Needed To Fight Cancer among U.S. Minorities

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 27th, 1999

Local communities need to take the lead in helping minorities obtain better access to screenings and treatment for cancer, which continues to kill minority groups in the U.S. at a higher rate than whites, said cancer experts attending a conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

The conference, spearheaded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hammered home the message that federal programs alone won't erase the racial disparity among cancer patients.

As cancer rates decline among whites, other groups such as blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans still carry "an unequal burden of cancer," the experts say. They blame the disparity on...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1999-09-27)

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