The Minority Institution/Cancer Center Partnership Program: the NCI perspective.

摘要

Disparities in cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality in racial and ethnic minority populations and among the socio-economically disadvantaged h'ave continued to rise over several decades. For example, Hispanic and Vietnamese women have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer, which they contract at twice the rate of White women.1 Multiple epidemiological studies have confirmed that prostate cancer occurs at a higher prevalence and with greater morbidity in African American men than in most other populations.23 Cancer mortality rates among Alaska Native men and women are significantly higher than U.S. White rates.4 Clearly, more research is needed to understand better and overcome these and other cancer health disparities in near future.