title: Eliminating cancer-related disparities: how nurses can respond to the challenge.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review disparities in cancer incidence and mortality among several distinct population groups in the US and the challenges nurses face in eliminating these disparities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Journal articles, books, and government reports.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the phenomenal progress in cancer detection and control, many populations in the US suffer needlessly and die from potentially curable cancers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can address cancer care needs of population groups at increased risk for developing and/or dying from cancer.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA. underwoo@uwm.edu
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Millon-Underwood
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Barbara D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Powe
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States