7TH Biennial Symposium on Minorities, The Medically Underserved and Cancer

摘要

The Biennial Symposium on Minorities, Medically Underserved & Cancer was initiated in 1987 to address the disproportionate cancer morbidity and mortality among minorities and persons of low level income in the United States. The Symposium goals are to: (1) exchange the latest scientific and treatment information and to share strategies for reducing the disproportionate cancer burden in the targeted communities; (2) increase the awareness and competence of health care providers, researchers, laypersons and survivors in the areas cancer prevention, early detection and treatment; and (3) promote culturally competent cancer care and services as well as ethnically balanced research, especially clinical trials. The target audience of the Biennial Symposium includes health professionals and researchers, survivors and volunteers, policy makers and representatives of the media, from both the public and private sectors, share their experiences in four days of lectures, case presentations, panel discussions, program demonstrations, question and answer sessions, educational exhibits and poster presentations, and awards ceremonies. For the 7th Biennial Symposium, registrants numbered 1,115. There were a total of 92 presentations and posters by health professionals, with 58 presentations and posters by undergraduate and graduate students. Conference proceedings were published in a special supplement to the journal Cancer.