The Community Impact of Breast Cancer:
The Social Context
A woman who learns she is at high risk for breast cancer, or who is diagnosed with or is surviving the disease, is changed forever. The CBCRP supports research and formulation of public policies that would contribute to breast cancer prevention, to improving the lives of women who have or have had the disease, and to fewer deaths. We recognize the need to reduce unequal access to prevention, detection, treatment, and survivorship services. We also encourage sociocultural, behavioral, and psychological research to reduce the impact of breast cancer on each woman.
We divide research in this area into three Priority Issues:
• Health Policy and Health Services: Better Serving Women’s Needs
• Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer: Eliminating Disparity
• Sociocultural, Behavioral, and Psychological Issues: The Human Side
