Howard K. Koh
Editor

2009

Clinical and Public Health Perspectives

The societal burden of cancer is one of the major public health challenges of our time. Yet that burden is not equally shared by all. Troubling disparities have been documented not only by racial/ethnic group but also by social class, insurance status, geography, and a host of other dimensions. Furthermore, such disparities represent the end result of a constellation of forces stemming from inside and outside the health care system. Many cancer disparities should be preventable.