Cancer disparities continue among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations
while they have decreased among other racial and ethnic groups. No studies were found …

Kentucky ranks first in the nation in cancer incidence and mortality. The Appalachian region
of the state experiences the highest cancer disparities due to inequities in many social …

Purpose The Pacific Islander Cancer Control Network (PICCN) is one of the 18 Special
Populations Networks recently established by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to address …

Abstract The Accelerate Cancer Education (ACE) summer research program at The
University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) is a six-week, cancer-focused, summer …

Cancer represents an increasingly important health problem impacting the health status of
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). At the turn of the century and as recently as …

Given the well-documented inequities in health care outcomes by race, ethnicity, and
gender, many health career pipeline programs have focused on supporting the development …

This chapter includes examples of focused, non-university based programs in cancer
epidemiology and prevention that emphasize training individuals from low-and middle …

Abstract The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and Diné College received funding for a 4-year
collaborative P20 planning grant from the National Cancer Institute in 2006. The goal of the …

Background. The Spirit of EAGLES is a National Cancer Institute funded Special Populations
Network. Prior to its inception, there was limited infrastructure available to American Indian …

This manuscript illustrates the 20-year process of establishing research sites that have been
developed and maintained by the authors in collaboration with oncology colleagues at …