AACR Conference on The Science of Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities

描述(由申请者提供)：拟召开的会议名为“少数族裔和医疗服务不足者癌症健康差异的科学”，将于2013年12月6日至9日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行。这次拟议的会议将是AACR系列会议中的第六次，该系列会议专门关注癌症健康差异的科学。前几次会议分别于2007年、2009年、2010年、2011年和2012年举行，主题是关于少数族裔和医疗服务不足者癌症健康差异的科学会议。虽然大多数关于癌症健康差异的会议都集中在政策和公共卫生问题上，但这次会议的目标是将基础科学家和临床医生的观点与政策和公共卫生结合起来。癌症发病率的种族和民族差异是有据可查的。虽然数据表明，获得高质量的医疗服务有助于癌症的差异，但其他因素也起到了重要作用，包括肿瘤生物学、遗传学、激素状况、生活方式和行为， 筛查政策、合并症、环境暴露和风险、治疗质量和反应以及治疗后监测。本次会议和系列会议的目标是将在不同学科工作的科学家和其他专业人员聚集在一起，讨论该领域的最新发现，并刺激癌症健康差异方面的新研究的发展。需要基础科学、临床研究、人口科学、行为研究和癌症生存等多个学科之间的跨学科互动，才能推动该领域向前发展，并在减少和消除与癌症有关的差异方面取得进展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed conference, titled "The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved," will be held from December 6-9, 2013 in Atlanta, GA. This proposed conference will be the sixth in an AACR series focused specifically on the science of cancer health disparities. The previous conferences on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved were held in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. While most conferences on cancer health disparities focus on policy and public health issues, the goal of this conference is to incorporate perspectives from basic scientists and clinicians in conjunction with policy and public health. Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer rates are well documented. While data suggest that access to quality care contributes to cancer disparities, other factors also play a major role, including tumor biology, genetics, hormonal status, lifestyle and behavior, screening policies, comorbidities, environmental exposure and risk, quality of and response to therapy, and post- therapeutic surveillance. The goal of this conference and the conference series is to bring together scientists and other professionals working in a variety of disciplines o discuss the latest findings in the field and to stimulate the development of new research in cancer health disparities. Transdisciplinary interactions between a variety of disciplines including basic science, clinical research, population science, behavioral research, and cancer survivorship, are needed to move the field forward and make progress in reducing and eliminating disparities as they relate to cancer.