Cancer health care disparities are complex, involve patient, clinician and health care system
factors, and are defined as adverse differences in cancer outcomes. This analysis describes …

Simple Summary Overcoming cancer health disparities requires an understanding of the
etiologies that drive these persistent disparities. To date, little knowledge exists regarding …

It is not news that significant disparities in cancer-related outcomes exist across race and
ethnicity. There is a wealth of literature to document disparate care, particularly with respect …

Achieving cancer health equity is a national imperative. Cancer is the second leading cause
of death in the United States and in North Carolina (NC), where the disease …

Cancer in Maryland is a serious health concern for minority and underserved populations in
rural and urban areas. This report describes the National Cancer Institute (NCI) supported …

The academic field of cancer health disparities was stimulated by the US civil rights
movement. Concerns about civil rights led to concerns about equality in health care. The first …

It is well established that disparities in health care exist and that they exist for many disease
processes. 1 Disparities in cancer outcomes are a significant contributor to this problem. 1–5 …

Now more than ever, health-care systems and public health agencies are focused on
improving health-care quality and outcomes among disparity populations and other …

Health and health care are distributed unevenly across individuals and populations, and
identifying these disparities is the first step toward remedying them. We reveal how …

Disparities in health and health care refer to differences in health and health care between
populations. Health disparity denotes a higher disease, injury, disability, or mortality burden …