Program
Session I: Cancers due to infections: unequal burdens Nancy E. Mueller, Chairperson
Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer
Pelayo Correa
Cervical cancer: disparities in screening, treatment and survival
Elizabeth I. O. Garner
Viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma in African Americans
Sarathchandra I. Reddy and Chinweike Ukomada
Session II: Cancer prevention and early detection Walter Willett, Chairperson
Challenges in tobacco use prevention among minority youth
Moon S. Chen, Jr.
Reducing health disparities: from theory to practice
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Brian Gibbs, and Autumn Allen
The role of state health agencies in cancer prevention and control: lessons learned from Massachusetts
Howard K. Koh and Deborah K. Walker
Session III: Cancer therapy and survivorship Bruce A. Chabner, Chairperson
Reducing the burden of cancer borne by African Americans: if not now, when?
Sandra Millon Underwood
Increasing participation of physicians and patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored clinical trials
Michaele C. Christian and Edward L. Trimble
Round table discussions: cancer survivorship issues for minority and underserved populations
Timothy D. Gilligan, Marilyn A. Carrington, Thomas P. Sellers, Luis Casal, Lowell E. Schnipper, and Frederick P. Li
Acknowledgments
We thank the following organizations for financial and staff support: National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities; American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Chapter; Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Harry and Elsa Jiler American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship; Harvard Medical School’s Center for Excellence in Women’s Health; Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
Volume 12, Issue 3
