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Cancer and elders of color : opportunities for reducing health disparities : evidence review and recommendations for research and policy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capitman, John A.
Other Authors: Bhalotra, Sarita, Ruwe, Mathilda
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
Subjects:
Neoplasms > ethnology.
Neoplasms > prevention & control.
Neoplasms > therapy.
Age Factors.
Minority Groups.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Aged.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Racial/ethnic cancer disparities : a medicare policy challenge
  • Racial/ethnic cancer disparities : conceptual frameworks
  • Cancer risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities
  • Race/ethnicity and primary prevention of cancers in elders
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer
  • Race/ethnicity and cervical cancer
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal, lung and prostate cancer
  • Emerging interventions to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in cancer
  • Opportunities for reducing cancer disparities : new directions for medicare