Eliminating cancer-related disparities: how nurses can respond to the challenge.
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.
Millon-Underwood
Sandra
S
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, School of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA. underwoo@uwm.edu
Phillips
Janice
J
Powe
Barbara D
BD
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