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Increasing the cancer screening of the medically underserved in south florida
Author(s) -
Mccoy Clyde B.,
Nielsen Beverly B.,
Chitwood Dale D.,
Zavertnik Joseph J.,
Khoury Elizabeth L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.2820671822
Subject(s) - medicine , miami , gerontology , cancer screening , socioeconomic status , disadvantaged , cancer , family medicine , demography , environmental health , population , environmental science , sociology , political science , soil science , law
Diagnosis and treatment of cancers at advanced stages have contributed to a significantly lower survival rate among individuals of low socioeconomic status compared with those in higher brackets. In an effort to increase the accessibility and acceptability of cancer screening among such individuals in Dade County, Florida, the Cancer Control Division of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami School of Medicine initiated a pilot early detection program in 1987. The program initially provided breast cancer screening for women, aged 40 and older, who attended ten community health care centers located in low‐income neighborhoods. With the selection of Miami by the American Cancer Society as one of three sites for conducting a screening demonstration project for the socioeconomically disadvantaged, this program has recently been expanded to include pelvic screening for women, aged 40 and older, and prostate screening for men, aged 65 and older.