Cancer control by the year 2000: implications for action.
This article presents an overview of the overall cancer incidence and mortality rates within the United States. More specifically, it addresses the high cancer incidence and mortality rate within the Black community. Included are the guidelines for the National Cancer Institute for cancer control to be achieved by the year 2000. In order to achieve these goals, Black nurses must actively participate in developing, implementing, and evaluating primary and secondary cancer prevention initiatives that will assist in reducing the disproportionate impact of cancer upon Black Americans.
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D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009726:Nurses; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012380:Role