Researching and Reducing Cancer-Related Health Disparities
One in four deaths in the United States is attributable to cancer, and one in three Americans will eventually develop some form of cancer. Each day, 3,400 people in America are diagnosed with cancer and another 1,500 die from the disease. But the burden of cancer is too often greater for the poor, ethnic minorities, and the uninsured than for the general population. Learn More ...
News and Updates
CHD Summit 2008 - Call For Abstracts
Abstracts for this year's CHD Summit 2008 "Eliminating Cancer Health Disparities through Research, Training, and Community," are now being accepted. All CRCHD grantees and junior investigators are encouraged to submit abstracts highlighting their scientific achievements. Deadline for submission is May 2nd. More...
Save the Date! Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2008
The Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2008 will take place July 14-16 at the Bethesda North Marriot Hotel & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD. More...
Newly Updated! NCI Cancer Health Disparities Fact Sheet
Recently released is the NCI Fact Sheet entitled "Cancer Health Disparities: Questions and Answers" with current cancer disparity statistics and information. More...
Now Released! CRCHD2006 Summit Report
Recently released is CRCHD and NCMHD's 2006 Cancer Health Disparities Summit Report: "Strengthening Our Culture of Collaborations for Reducing Cancer Health Disparities." Access this report online or call 1-800-4-CANCER. | More...
Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2007
Speaker presentations now available from CHD Summit 2007, "Catalyzing Trans-disciplinary Regional Partnerships to Eliminate Cancer Health Disparities." Download Speaker Presentations | More...
A Conversation with... Dr. Sanya Springfield
Dr. Springfield, CRCHD director, discusses growing interest in cancer health disparities in the research community, key initiatives of CRCHD, and the Cancer Health Disparities Summit 2007. More...
New CRCHD
Approved in June 2007, the reorganization of the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) now joins the Diversity Training Branch (DTB) (formerly NCI's Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch) with the Disparities Research Branch (DRB), linking NCI's diversity training activities with NCI's cancer health disparities research portfolio. More...
NCI and AACR Co-Sponsor “The Science of Cancer Health Disparities” Conference
This historic conference, jointly sponsored by NCI and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), featured the latest findings in cancer health disparities research across many disciplines. Held November 27-30, 2007 in Atlanta, GA. More...
