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survivorship, 57 , 111
Vietnamese, 30 , 123
women, 1 , 28 , 75-76 , 116 , 129 , 164
Attitudes, 110 , 128-129
fatalism, 14-15 , 164 , 196 , 197-198 , 240 , 243
mistrust of research community, 188-189 , 191 , 195 , 198 , 210 , 211-212 , 229
poor persons, 41-42
research recommendations, 4 , 7
survivors of cancer, 231 , 240 , 243 , 244
see also Cultural factors
B
Behavioral risk factors, 15 , 70 , 73 , 85 , 282
alcohol consumption, 116-117
''ethnic group" defined, 8-9
genetic vs , 4 , 8 , 44 , 82-84 , 85 , 86 , 89 , 92
NCI programs, 5 , 6 , 10 , 89-90 , 110-111 , 115 , 151-153 , 176
NIH, general, 15
poor persons, 40
see also Attitudes;
Cultural factors;
Diet and nutrition;
Smoking;
Social factors
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 73
Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, 18 , 24 , 128 , 129 , 160
Blacks,
see African Americans
Black/White Cancer Survival Study, 111
Bladder cancer, 26 , 124
Breast cancer, 19 , 25 , 164
African Americans, 1 , 14 , 28 , 30 , 57 , 69 , 72-73 , 111 , 112 , 115 , 116 , 119 , 126 , 128-129 , 163-164 , 165 , 201 , 204 , 215 , 224 , 302 , 308
attitudes about, 128-129
clinical trials, 14 , 30 , 122 , 124 , 164 , 165 , 204 , 208 , 210
funding, 97 , 99
genetics of, 85-86
Hispanics, 30 , 69 , 75 , 76 , 126 , 164 , 250 , 302 , 303 , 308 , 310
mortality, 1 , 28-29 , 56 , 72-73 , 250 , 302 , 308
prevention, 26 , 30 , 122
research, 54 , 57 , 62 , 65 , 67 , 109 , 111 , 113 , 115-116
screening, 219
see also Mammography
survivorship, 231 , 234 , 240
tamoxifen, 14 , 30 , 122 , 208 , 210
treatment, 14 , 30 , 122 , 208 , 218
Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, 30 , 122 , 193
Breast Cancer Resource Committee, 163-164
Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, 81 , 109 , 122
Bronchial cancer, 52 , 54-57 , 60 , 61 , 66-67 , 300 , 307
Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda, 144
Bureau of the Census, 110 , 200 , 252
C
Cancer Control Review Group, 78 , 84-85
Cancer Cooperative Group Trials, 32 , 105 , 106 , 124 , 125 , 192 , 193 , 197 , 200-206
Cancer Facts & Figures , 225
Cancer Incidence and Mortality, 1973-1995: A Report Card for the United States , 60
Cancer Information Service, 107 , 127-128 , 222-224 , 238
CANCERLIT, 127 , 225
CancerNet, 127
Cancer Prevention Awareness Program, 18
Cancer registries, 249-250
state, 4 , 58-60 , 64 , 68 , 79-80 , 81
see also Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program
Cancer Survivorship Studies in Established Epidemiologic Cohorts , 235
Case-control studies, 109 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118
Center for Scientific Review, 100
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3 , 28 , 35 , 60 , 110 , 208
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 73
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 73-74 , 110
National Health Interview Survey, 110 , 233 , 244-245
state tumor registries, 58-60 , 80
Cervical and uterine cancer, 50 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 60 , 62 , 116 , 129 , 152 , 250 , 303 , 310
African Americans, 29 , 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 116 , 119 , 123 , 250 , 303 , 310
American Indians, 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 67 , 303 , 310
funding, 97 , 99
Hispanics, 29 , 30 , 53 , 54 , 56 , 57 , 75 , 76 , 116 , 164 , 303 , 310
