title: Overview of the summit meeting evaluating research in African-American women.
abstract: There is a disparity in the breast cancer survival rate among African-American women compared with the rate among white women. The summit meeting addressed the breast cancer crisis among African-American women by bringing together scientists, breast cancer advocates, and policy makers. The goal of the meeting was to develop a research agenda. For breast cancer research to advance, priority areas must be identified. The current article suggests questions and issues which are addressed in this cancer monograph.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Minority Health, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. lajones@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Lovell A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Otis
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brawley
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson-Thompson
authors.forename: Ngina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lythcott
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012106:Research; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health