title: Public health national approach to reducing breast and cervical cancer disparities.
abstract: Breast and cervical cancer have had disparate impact on the lives of women. The burden of breast and cervical cancer is more prominent among some racial and ethnic minority women. Providing comprehensive care to all medically underserved women is a critical element in continuing the battle to reduce cancer burden and eliminate disparities. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is the only nationally organized cancer screening program for underserved women in the United States. Its public health goal is to ensure access to high-quality screening, follow-up, and treatment services for diverse and vulnerable populations that, in turn, may reduce disparities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Jacqueline W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plescia
authors.forename: Donatus U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Ekwueme
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: breast cancer; cervical cancer; disparities; public health; screening
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