Minorities and Cancer

Section 1 Cancer Incidence in Minority Populations.- to Section 1.- 1. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Differences of Black and White Americans: A Role for Biomarkers.- 2. Specific Cancers Affecting Hispanics in the United States.- 3. Cancer Incidence Among Asian-Americans.- 4. The Heterogeneity of Cancer in Native American Populations.- Section 2 Prevention and Detection Programs: National and Regional Efforts.- to Section 2.- 5. The Cancer Information Service.- 6. Cancer Prevention and Control.- 7. Nutrition and Cancer Risk: Assessment and Prevention Program Strategies for Black Americans.- 8. Cancer Control and the Community Oncology Programs: Minority Participation in the National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Network.- Section 3 Prevention and Detection Programs: Community-Based Efforts.- to Section 3.- 9. Cancer Education Programs.- 10. Community-Based Cancer Education.- 11. Cancer Prevention (Smoking) in the Black Population: A Community Research/Intervention Model.- 12. Smoking and Smoking-Related Cancers Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.- 13. The Targeting of Minority Groups by the Tobacco Industry.- Section 4 Cancer Research.- to Section 4.- 14. Hormone Receptors, Tumor Differentiation, and Breast Cancer in Black Americans.- 15. Cancer of the Corpus Uteri in Black Women.- 16. Cancer of the Cervix in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.- 17. The Heterogeneity of Prostate Cancer: Implications for Research.- 18. Head and Neck Cancer in Minority Populations.- 19. Lung Cancer in Black Populations of the United States: Overview and Update.- 20. Childhood Cancer in Minorities.- Section 5 Treatment.- to Section 5.- 21. Chemotherapy for Minorities and the Drug Development Process.- 22. Use of Radiation Therapy in Treatment of Malignant Tumors.- 23. Surgeryand Patient Support Services.- Section 6 Support Resources and Provider Roles.- to Section 6.- 24. The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer in Minority Persons.- 25. The Influence of Ethnic Patient Values on Cancer Nursing.- 26. Social Service Programs for Cancer Patients.- 27. Home Health Care.- 28. Patient Education for Hispanic Cancer Patients.- Section 7 The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Government, and National Health Agencies.- to Section 7.- 29. The Perspective of the Office of Minority Health.- 30. The Role of the National Cancer Institute.- 31. Cancer and the Disadvantaged—A Crisis.- 32. The Role of Minority Academic Health Centers.