Biennial Symposium Series on Minorities and Cancer

两年一度的少数群体、医疗服务不足者和癌症问题研讨会是跨文化癌症理事会（ICC）召开的主要方案。本次申请的目的是为第八届和第九届双年研讨会寻求资金，就像我们为以前的研讨会所做的那样。然而，由于研讨会系列取得了令人满意的成功，并根据与NCI工作人员的谈话，我们建议将正常的赠款期限延长到四年，以涵盖未来两个研讨会。这将有助于保持连续性，并将加强会议在临时不开会年份的积极影响。它还将使我们能够进行长期需求评估和成果措施。研讨会定于2002年和2004年2月在华盛顿的Omni Shoreham酒店举行。在美国，少数民族和低收入人群的癌症发病率和死亡率不成比例。因此，迫切需要发展知识和战略，在受影响社区的领导和充分参与下应对这一危机。两年一度的少数群体、医疗服务不足和癌症问题研讨会于1987年发起，目的是为此目的提供一个多文化论坛。这一系列研讨会以及即将举行的第八届和第九届专题讨论会的总体目标是：（1）交流最新的科学和治疗信息，分享减少美国少数民族和医疗服务不足人群癌症发病率和死亡率不成比例的战略;（2）提高保健提供者、非专业人员和幸存者在初级和二级癌症预防、早期发现和治疗方面的能力;以及（3）促进文化上有能力的癌症护理和服务以及种族平衡的研究。第八届双年度专题讨论会的其他具体目标将是：（1）讨论通过第七届双年度专题讨论会的评估数据和国际协调委员会正在进行的规划过程新确定的主题;（2）为联邦机构提供一个论坛，以确定和讨论他们对少数民族和医疗服务不足人口的不平等癌症负担的反应，例如，国家癌症研究所《减少健康差距战略计划》、特殊人群癌症意识研究和培训网络，以及国家癌症研究所《对泰尔医学研究所报告的回应和行动》的出版物。跨文化癌症理事会沿着一批杰出的顾问和顾问正在设计一个项目，该项目将涉及来自癌症和少数民族健康研究、护理和政策制定的完整连续体的代表。 研讨会的形式将包括科学介绍，小组讨论，海报和观众参与问答环节。 将有一个多媒体教育资源中心，并将促进建立网络的机会。专题讨论会的编辑记录和选定的学生摘要和演讲将在专业期刊上发表。

The Biennial Symposia on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer is the main program convened by the Intercultural Cancer Council (ICC). The purpose of this application is to seek funding for the 8th and 9th Biennial Symposia, as we have done for previous Symposia. However, as a result of the gratifying success of the Symposium series, and based on conversations with NCI staff, we are proposing to extend the normal grant period to four years in order to cover both the next two Symposia. This will facilitate maintaining continuity and will reinforce the positive impact of the conferences during the interim non-meeting years. It will also allow us to pursue longer-term needs assessment and outcomes measures. The Symposia are scheduled for February, 2002 and 2004, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. There is a disproportionate incidence of cancer morbidity and mortality among minorities and persons of low level income in the United States. Consequently, there is a critical need to develop knowledge and strategies to address this crisis with the leadership and full participation of the affected communities. The Biennial Symposia on Minorities, Medically Underserved & Cancer were initiated in 1987 to provide a multicultural forum for this purpose. The overall goals of the series in general and the upcoming 8d' and 9t' Symposia in particular are to: (1) exchange the latest scientific and treatment information and to share strategies for reducing the disproportionate incidence of cancer morbidity and mortality among minorities and the medically underserved in the United States; (2) enhance the competency of health care providers, laypersons and survivors in the areas of primary and secondary cancer prevention, early detection and treatment; and (3) promote culturally competent cancer care and services and ethnically balanced research. Additional specific aims of the 8d' Biennial Symposium will be to: (1) address topics newly identified through evaluation data from the 7h Biennial Symposium and the ongoing planning process of the ICC; and (2) provide a forum for federal agencies to identify and discuss their responses to the unequal burden of cancer among minority and medically underserved populations, e.g., the NCI Strategic Plan to Reduce Health Disparities, the Special Populations Networks for cancer Awareness Research and Training, and publication of the NCI's Response and Actions Related to the Report from tyre Institute of Medicine. The Intercultural Cancer Council along with a distinguished roster of advisors and consultants are designing a program that will involve representatives from the full continuum of cancer and minority health research, care, and policy development. The Symposium format will include scientific presentation, panel discussions, posters and audience participation in Q&A sessions. There will be a multimedia educational resources center and networking opportunities will be promoted. Edited proceedings of the Symposium and selected student abstracts and presentations will be published in professional journals.