Cancer Health Disparities 101: What You Need to Know Now!

Friday, October 12, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
611 (WSCC)
Chair:
Beti Thompson, PhD, Full Member of the Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Description: Cancer health disparities lead to greater cancer mortality rates among Latinos. Although Latinos often have lower incidence of cancers, their mortality rates are high and their screening rates are low. The session speakers will describe disparities in breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer, as well as survivorship disparities among Latinos.



8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
The Power of a Little Smear
Theresa Byrd, PhD , Professor, Texas Tech, Paul L Foster School of Medicine , Texas Tech Paul L Foster School of Medicine
8:55 AM
Title: Surviving in English is the Pits
Rachel Ceballos, PhD , Assistant Member of the Public Health Sciences Division , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
9:15 AM
What Your Stool Says about You
Linda Ko, PhD , Assistant Member of the Public Health Sciences Division , Fred Hutchinson Cancer ResearchCenter
9:35 AM
The Breast: More than a Fashion Accessory
Christopher Li, MD/PhD , Full Member of the Public Health Sciences Division , Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center