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April 2002, Vol 92, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 539-542
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RURAL HEALTH AND WOMEN OF COLOR

Impact of Breast Cancer on African American Women: Priority Areas for Research in the Next Decade

Lovell A. Jones, PhD and Janice A. Chilton, DrPH

Lovell A. Jones is with the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and the Center for Research on Minority Health and Janice A. Chilton is with the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Janice A. Chilton, DrPH, Department of Gynecologic Oncology, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 536, Houston, TX 77030 (e-mail: jchilton{at}mdanderson.org).

Despite all the gains that have been made in the area of breast cancer research, African American women suffer disproportionately from the effects of the disease. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among African American women, exceeded only by lung cancer.

Improvements in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates among populations are undoubtedly the outcome of quality research. Therefore, there is a need to identify and discuss issues regarding breast cancer among African American women and to determine whether these issues should be a part of the nation's breast cancer research agenda.

This commentary summarizes the results of the Summit Meeting Evaluating Research on Breast Cancer in African American Women, which was held September 8–11, 2000, in Washington, DC. Listed are priority areas and some of the questions that fueled this 2-day discussion among 130 participants, including health advocates, cancer survivors, and experts representing various areas of cancer research.




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