We brought the communications session to a close with a wonderful performance by Mike-E and AfroFlow (www.afroflow.com). Mike-E had us moving side to side like RUN DMC, jamming to health conscious hip-hop fused with African drums and rythmn. The American Cancer Society/Mike-E relationship is a unique...

From layout to content to mediums of dissemination, communication is an undeniably important aspect of achieving health equity. Minorities and the poor usually require more than just sentences telling them they’re more likely to die from a disease – they require tailored messages that encourage...

In addition to stating the facts and the issues, we also wanted to look at some interventions that actually work to reduce and/or eliminate disparities- because whether we like to believe it or not, there are solutions, and sometimes these solutions don’t get the attention they deserve. The Community...

[Show as slideshow]   Hello and welcome to The Cancer Lens Blog. Our first post covers the general plenary session that just wrapped up a few minutes ago. If we walked away...

What if I told you that if you jumped off a cliff, three hundred feet high on to rocks below, you would have a 1 in 5 chance of dying and a 1 in 3 chance of getting hurt? Would you jump? The odds are in your favor. I’ll bet you wouldn’t (and this is from a woman who got kicked out of Vegas). I’ll...