A progress report of cancer centers and tribal communities: Building a partnership based on trust

✍ Scribed by Khari LaMarca; Kathleen Rebstock Wiese; James E. Pete; Paul P. Carbone

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 477 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19961001)78:7+<1633::aid-cncr21>3.0.co;2-5

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Over the past 20 years, considerable progress has been made in the early detection and treatment of cancer. Despite these advances, cancer incidence and mortality rates among Native Americans have not kept pace. Cancer centers are in a unique position to offer technical assistance, resources, and a long term commitment that can help address these concerns within tribal communities.