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## Background: In 1998, the american cancer society, the national cancer institute, and the centers for disease control and prevention reported an overall downward trend in cancer incidence and mortality between 1990 and 1995 for all cancers combined. many minority and medically underserved populations, however, did not share equally in these improvements. ## Methods: A review of surveillance and other reports and recent literature on disparities in cancer incidence and mortality in minority and medically underserved communities was conducted 1) to ascertain the extent to which these communities bear an excess cancer burden, and 2) to explore the macrosocietal and microinstitutional barriers to equitable benefits in cancer health care delivery. ## Results: Tragic disparities in cancer incidence and mortality in minority and medically underserved communities continue to be inadequately addressed. overall improvements in u.s. cancer incidence and mortality rates are not shared equally by all segments of our society. while numerous individual and cultural barriers to optimal cancer control and care exist in minority and medically underserved communities, a major factor precluding thes

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Author

Susan M. Shinagawa

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0008-543X)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)