Increasing the cancer screening of the medically underserved in south florida

Cancer - Tập 67 Số S6 - Trang 1808-1813 - 1991
Clyde B. McCoy1, B Nielsen1, Dale D. Chitwood1, Joseph J. Zavertnik1, Elizabeth L. Khoury1
1Cancer Control Division, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

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AbstractDiagnosis and treatment of cancers at advanced stages have contributed to a significantly lower survival rate among individuals of low socioeconomic status compared with those in higher brackets. In an effort to increase the accessibility and acceptability of cancer screening among such individuals in Dade County, Florida, the Cancer Control Division of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami School of Medicine initiated a pilot early detection program in 1987. The program initially provided breast cancer screening for women, aged 40 and older, who attended ten community health care centers located in low‐income neighborhoods. With the selection of Miami by the American Cancer Society as one of three sites for conducting a screening demonstration project for the socioeconomically disadvantaged, this program has recently been expanded to include pelvic screening for women, aged 40 and older, and prostate screening for men, aged 65 and older.

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Cancer

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1808-1813

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