May 21 Webinar: Steps to Addressing Health Disparities

May 21 Webinar: Steps to Addressing Health Disparities:

Michelle Yeboah of FDA's Office of Minority Health tells how the agency is addressing health disparities among minority populations in America.

AACR Hosts Cancer Disparities Conference in Miami, Fla. abstract online Sept

This year, the American Association for Cancer Research will host its third conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Fla.

Findings presented at this year’s meeting will include:

• proven communication methods for reaching minority populations;
• strategies to increase enrollment in clinical trials;
• prognosis in lung cancer affected by race;
• breast cancer trends in Arab and Israeli Jewish women;
• the importance of social support and physical activity in survivors; and,
• socioeconomics and access to health care.
To help you plan your coverage of the conference, the program schedule is available online at
http://www.aacr.org/disparities2010

abstracts will be available on Sept. 22, 2010