President's Cancer Panel Meeting. Improving Cancer Care for All. Real People, Real Problems: Why Don't All Americans Get the Best Available Cancer Care. Held in Burlington, Vermont on September 14-15, 2000

摘要

The President's Cancer Panel meeting was held at the Vermont Cancer Center in Burlington, Vermont on September 14-15, 2000. The report is the second in a series of regional public meetings on 'Improving Cancer Care For All: Applying Research Results, Ensuring Access and Ending Disparities. The first was held in June at the Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. There will be a total of eight meetings, including an international meeting. In 1999, the President's Cancer Panel reviewed the history and evolution of the National Cancer Program and considered how the national effort against cancer should move forward to more rapidly reduce the burden of the disease. The panel discovered a significant disconnect between the research discoveries and the delivery of benefits from discovery to the American public. The Panel concluded that the equal importance of the research and delivery components of the national effort against cancer must be recognized. The Panel also stressed the importance of recognizing and addressing the barriers that keep quality cancer prevention and care from reaching the people in all of the neighborhoods of our Nation. The Panel conclude that the unequal burden of cancer that is carried by certain groups of people in the country - particularly the poor, ethnic minorities, and the underserved - must be relived. The report identifies what it takes to make sure the public receives the benefits of research efforts in the National Cancer Program.