The President’s Cancer Panel Assesses Unequal Cancer Burden on Diverse U.S. Ethnic Groups

Racial and ethnic minority groups represented roughly one-third of the U.S. population in 2008 but are projected to become the collective majority before the middle of the century. But the current understanding of cancer risk, progression and outcomes is based largely on studies of non-Hispanic white populations and are often not appropriate for individuals of non-European descent says the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) report, America’s Demographic and Cultural Transformation: Implications for Cancer, released in 2011.

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