What is ASCO doing to reduce disparities in cancer care?
Some initiatives ASCO is undertaking or considering include the following: • Holding educational sessions about cancer disparities at the ASCO Annual Meeting (the premier educational and scientific event where physicians, researchers, and other health-care professionals gather to discuss the latest in cancer care) • Providing mentorship opportunities to college students, medical students, and hospital staff to guide and advise interested people to a career in cancer medicine and cancer research • Allocating funds for specific research in the disparities of cancer care and cancer in minority populations • Providing fellowships for the training of minority or under-represented population groups Q: What does this mean for people with cancer? A: Ideally, this approach should remove deficits in access to cancer care, so that underprivileged populations, those with linguistic, geographical, or financial barriers, or those from specific racial or ethnic groups will have the same access to hig
