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National Cancer Policy Board Background Papers Print   Email


The following background papers were prepared by members and consultants of the National Cancer Policy Board. They are intended as background for discussion, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Cancer Policy Board, the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, or the National Academy of Sciences. They are posted as public background information only.

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Background Paper. To See Today with the Eyes of Tomorow: A History of Screening Mammography by Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD
Background Paper. Sources of Cancer Research Funding in the United States by Michael McGeary and Michael Burstein
Background Paper. The Quality of Cancer Care: Does the Literature Support the Rhetoric? by Bruce E. Hillner and Thomas J. Smith
Background Paper. The Quality of Cancer Care: Models of Excellence by Thomas J. Smith, Christopher E. Desch, and Bruce E. Hillner
Background Paper. Ensuring Quality Cancer Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Critical Pathways, and Care Maps by Thomas J. Smith and Bruce E. Hillner
Background Paper. Assessment of the Quality of Cancer Care by Mark A. Schuster, Jennifer L. Reifel, and Kimberly McGuigan
Background Paper. Access to Quality Cancer Care: Evaluating and Ensuring Equitable Services, Quality of Life and Survival by Jeanne Mandelblatt, K. Robin Yabroff, and Jon Kerner
References from paper on Access to Quality Cancer Care: Evaluating and Ensuring Equitable Services, Quality of Life and Survival
Background Paper. Superior Cancer Survival in Children Compared to Adults: A Superior System of Cancer Care? by Joseph V. Simone and Jane Lyons
Background Paper. Human Specimens, Cancer Research and Development: How Science Policy Can Promote Progress and Protect Research Participants


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