The unequal burden of cancer an assessment of nih research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved m alfred haynes and brian d smedley editors committee on cancer research among minorities and the medically underserved health sciences policy program health sciences section institute of medicine national academy press washington dc 1999 page ii share cite . The unequal burden of cancer an assessment of nih research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved june 2004 journal of the national medical association 966. Some ethnic minorities experience more cancer than the majority population and poor peopleaeurno matter what their ethnicityaeuroften lack access to adequate cancer care this book provides an authoritative view of cancer as it is experienced by ethnic minorities and the medically underserved it offers conclusions and recommendations in these areas defining and understanding special . Institute of medicine 1999 the unequal burden of cancer an assessment of nih research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved washington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 6377 x save cancel 6 cancer survivorship the preceding chapter provided an overview of the national institutes of healths nihs efforts to apply new knowledge to address the . Setting appropriate priorities for and increasing the effectiveness of specific national institutes of health nih research programs to ensure that special populations are represented in clinical trials disseminating research results to health professionals serving these populations with sensitivity to the issues of cancer survivorship the book provides background data on the nations