title: Overview of the Native American Cancer Conference III. Risk factors, outreach and intervention strategies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Based on the lack of published information regarding Native Americans and cancer and the success of previous meetings, the Network for Cancer Control Research among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations (NCCR-AIANP) and the Native Hawaiian and American Samoan Cancer Research Network determined there was sufficient need to have annual national Native American cancer conferences.
  
  
  METHODS
  The NCCR-AIANP, the Native Hawaiian and American Samoan Cancer Research Network, and the AMC Native American Cancer Research Program collaborated to organize the third national Native American cancer conference, "Native American Cancer Conference III: Risk Factors, Outreach and Intervention Strategies."
  
  
  RESULTS
  The conference was held in Seattle, Washington, June 16-19, 1995. It provided a forum for scientific discussion and dissemination of information related to cancer prevention and control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conference participants benefited from the topics presented and the diversity of the audience members. There continues to be a need to share what is happening in cancer research with this unique population and to address new issues of concern. A cancer conference seems to be a useful mechanism to provide such an opportunity.
authors.affiliation: AMC Native American Cancer Research Program, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burhansstipanov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tenney
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bad Wound
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plomer
mesh_terms: D018948:American Samoa / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D006254:Hawaii / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D004930:Inuit; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States