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President's Cancer Panel Annual Report: Facing Cancer in Indian Country: The Yakama Nation and Pacific Northwest Tribes, 2002
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Inventory Number:
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P777
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Type of Publication:
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Research/Statistics
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Audience:
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Health Professional
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English
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The President’s Cancer Panel, a three-member advisory group that oversees the National Cancer Program, reports annually to the President of the U.S. on barriers to the program’s execution. “Facing Cancer in Indian Country: The Yakama Nation and Pacific Northwest Tribes", contains the findings and recommendations of the Panel after a two-day meeting in July 2002. The meeting was held at the invitation of a Yakama tribal elder on the reservation of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation in Washington State. The Panel’s then-chairman, Dr. Harold P. Freeman, heard from cancer survivors and caregivers from Yakama and several other northwest tribes. Other speakers included Native and non-Native health care and social services providers; officials of the Indian Health Service (IHS); community epidemiologists and researchers; and advocates. The report cites studies showing during the past 30 years Native American cancer incidence and mortality rates have been increasing, and that American Indian and Alaskan Native cancer survival rates are the lowest of any ethnic group. 12/2003
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Last Printed:
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12/1/2003
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