title: Cancer care research in North Carolina: the state of the state.
abstract: Cancer is the leading cause of death in North Carolina. This issue brief summarizes cancer statistics for the state; highlights important issues facing cancer patients, caregivers, providers, and policy makers; discusses the state's novel resources for cancer care research; and explores ways of managing this public health problem in order to improve outcomes for the people of North Carolina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. stephanie_wheeler@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Stephanie B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.affiliation: UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Ethan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Basch
mesh_terms: D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D012106:Research