Title | Minorities and Cancer [electronic resource] / edited by Lovell A. Jones |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3630-6 |
Descript | XVII, 334 p. online resource |
Section 1 Cancer Incidence in Minority Populations -- to Section 1 -- 1. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Differences of Black and White Americans: A Role for Biomarkers -- 2. Specific Cancers Affecting Hispanics in the United States -- 3. Cancer Incidence Among Asian-Americans -- 4. The Heterogeneity of Cancer in Native American Populations -- Section 2 Prevention and Detection Programs: National and Regional Efforts -- to Section 2 -- 5. The Cancer Information Service -- 6. Cancer Prevention and Control -- 7. Nutrition and Cancer Risk: Assessment and Prevention Program Strategies for Black Americans -- 8. Cancer Control and the Community Oncology Programs: Minority Participation in the National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Network -- Section 3 Prevention and Detection Programs: Community-Based Efforts -- to Section 3 -- 9. Cancer Education Programs -- 10. Community-Based Cancer Education -- 11. Cancer Prevention (Smoking) in the Black Population: A Community Research/Intervention Model -- 12. Smoking and Smoking-Related Cancers Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans -- 13. The Targeting of Minority Groups by the Tobacco Industry -- Section 4 Cancer Research -- to Section 4 -- 14. Hormone Receptors, Tumor Differentiation, and Breast Cancer in Black Americans -- 15. Cancer of the Corpus Uteri in Black Women -- 16. Cancer of the Cervix in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas -- 17. The Heterogeneity of Prostate Cancer: Implications for Research -- 18. Head and Neck Cancer in Minority Populations -- 19. Lung Cancer in Black Populations of the United States: Overview and Update -- 20. Childhood Cancer in Minorities -- Section 5 Treatment -- to Section 5 -- 21. Chemotherapy for Minorities and the Drug Development Process -- 22. Use of Radiation Therapy in Treatment of Malignant Tumors -- 23. Surgery and Patient Support Services -- Section 6 Support Resources and Provider Roles -- to Section 6 -- 24. The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer in Minority Persons -- 25. The Influence of Ethnic Patient Values on Cancer Nursing -- 26. Social Service Programs for Cancer Patients -- 27. Home Health Care -- 28. Patient Education for Hispanic Cancer Patients -- Section 7 The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Government, and National Health Agencies -- to Section 7 -- 29. The Perspective of the Office of Minority Health -- 30. The Role of the National Cancer Institute -- 31. Cancer and the DisadvantagedโA Crisis -- 32. The Role of Minority Academic Health Centers