The unequal burden of cancer : an assessment of NIH research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved / M. Alfred Haynes and Brian D. Smedley, editors ; Committee on Cancer Research among Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Health Sciences Policy Program, Health Sciences Section, Institute of Medicine.

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographic references (p. 261-273) and index

The struggle against cancer -- The burden of cancer among ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations -- Overview of programs of research on ethnic minority and medically underserved populations at the national institutes of health -- Evaluation of priority setting and programs of research on ethnic minority and medically underserved populations at the national institutes of health -- Advancing a state-of-the-art treatment and prevention -- Cancer survivorship -- Monitoring and reporting