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Science 29 January 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5402, pp. 615 - 616
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5402.615a
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BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:
NCI Asked to Increase Focus on Minorities

Bruce Agnew

Cancer researchers are likely to be asked to pay more attention to minorities and the "medically underserved" in the wake of an analysis released last week by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The report contends that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is not spending as much as it claims on studies of minorities and urges it to do more. The IOM panel also proposes a significant change in the way NCI gathers incidence and mortality data: It rejects standard racial categories and recommends that data be collected in ethnic or cultural categories. NCI leaders agreed in principle but said they face many practical barriers in trying to change the way data are collected.

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