Minorities and Cancer

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Cancer Incidence in Minority Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4

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   2. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Differences of Black and White Americans: A Role for Biomarkers

      • Jerome Wilson

      Pages 5-20

   3. Specific Cancers Affecting Hispanics in the United States

      • J. Henry Montes

      Pages 21-33

   4. Cancer Incidence Among Asian-Americans

      • Marc T. Goodman

      Pages 35-44

   5. The Heterogeneity of Cancer in Native American Populations

      • James W. Hampton

      Pages 45-53

3. Prevention and Detection Programs: National and Regional Efforts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-58

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   2. The Cancer Information Service

      • Janice A. Allen Chilton

      Pages 59-65

   3. Cancer Prevention and Control

      • Claudia R. Baquet, Linda A. Clayton, Robert G. Robinson

      Pages 67-76

   4. Nutrition and Cancer Risk: Assessment and Preventive Program Strategies for Black Americans

      • Margaret K. Hargreaves, Osman I. Ahmed, Kofi A. Semenya, Lou Pearson, Neela Sheth, Robert E. Hardy et al.

      Pages 77-94

   5. Cancer Control and the Community Oncology Programs: Minority Participation in the National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Network

      • Carrie P. Hunter

      Pages 95-101

4. Prevention and Detection Programs: Community-Based Efforts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-106

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   2. Cancer Education Programs

      • Noma L. Roberson

      Pages 107-113

   3. Community-Based Cancer Education

      • Stanley E. Broadnax

      Pages 115-119

   4. Cancer Prevention (Smoking) in the Black Population: A Community Research/Intervention Model

      • William A. Darity, George B. Cernada, Ted T. L. Chen, Harris Pastides, Edward G. Stanek III, Robert W. Tuthill et al.

      Pages 121-136

   5. Smoking and Smoking-Related Cancers Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

      • Betty Lee Hawks

      Pages 137-151

   6. The Targeting of Minority Groups by the Tobacco Industry

      • Alan Blum

      Pages 153-162

5. Cancer Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-167

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   2. Hormone Receptors, Tumor Differentiation, and Breast Cancer in Black Americans

      • Suresh Mohla, Walter M. Griffin, Calvin C. Sampson, Jerome Wilson, Vandana Narang, LaSalle D. Leffall Jr

      Pages 169-179

   3. Cancer of the Corpus Uteri in Black Women

      • John G. Boyce, Rachel G. Fruchter

      Pages 181-192

Minorities and Cancer broadly surveys the problem of cancer in minority communities. Leading epidemiologists discuss cancer incidence and mortality in minority populations, including black Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Asian Americans. Major sections review cancer prevention and detection programs available to the private practice physician and the community, research findings on cancer in minority groups, and cancer treatment. The final chapters summarize the problem and its possible solutions as perceived by leaders at the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the Office of Minority Health Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Meharry Medical College, a leading minority medical school in the United States.

• cancer prevention
• cancer treatment
• clinical trial
• education
• hormones
• intervention
• mortality
• nutrition
• prevention
• prostate cancer
• surgery
• therapy
• treatment
• tumor
• women

• Experimental Gynecology-Endocrinology, Department of Gynecology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

  Lovell A. Jones

• Experimental Gynecology-Endocrinology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

  Lovell A. Jones

• Experimental Gynecology-Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

  Lovell A. Jones

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