Cancer Journal Supplement

Reaching medically underserved women is a start to reducing disparities in breast and cervical cancer deaths. For more than 20 years, CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) has worked to decrease these disparities through cooperative agreements with states, tribes, and territories to provide breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic tests, and treatment referral services to low-income women who would not otherwise have access to these services. The NBCCEDP is the only nationally organized cancer screening program for underserved women in the United States.

CDC’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control sponsored a supplemental issue of the journal Cancer entitled, “National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Two Decades of Service to Underserved Women.” The 13 articles in the supplement are listed below. For more information, read the press release.

Articles in Supplement

Miller JW, Plescia M, Ekwueme DU. Public health national approach to reducing breast and cervical cancer disparities. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2537–2539.

Lee NC, Wong FL, Jamison PM, Jones SF, Galaska L, Brady KT, Wethers B, Stokes-Townsend GA. Implementation of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: The beginning. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2540–2548.

Miller JW, Hanson V, Johnson GD, Royalty JE, Richardson LC. From cancer screening to treatment: Service delivery and referral in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2549–2556.

Espey D, Castro G, Flagg T, Landis K, Henderson JA, Benard VB, Royalty JE. Strengthening breast and cervical cancer control through partnerships: American Indian and Alaska Native women and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2557–2565.

DeGroff A, Royalty JE, Howe W, Buckman DW, Gardner J, Poister T, Hayes N. When performance management works: A study of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2566–2574. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28817

Yancy B, Royalty JE, Marroulis S, Mattingly C, Benard VB, DeGroff A. Using data to effectively manage a national screening program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2575–2583.

Siegl EJ, Miller JW, Khan K, Harris SE. Quality assurance through quality improvement and professional development in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2584–2590.

Levano W, Miller JW, Leonard B, Bellick L, Crane BE, Kennedy SK, Haslage NM, Hammond W, Tharpe FS. Public education and targeted outreach to underserved women through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2591–2596.

Eheman CR, Leadbetter S, Benard VB, Blythe Ryerson A, Royalty JE, Blackman D, Pollack LA, Adams PW, Babcock F. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program data validation project. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2597–2603.

Ekwueme DU, Subramanian S, Trogdon JG, Miller JW, Royalty JE, Li C, Guy GP, Crouse W, Thompson H, Gardner JG. Cost of services provided by the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2604–2611.

Sanders LD, Larkins TL, Boyle JN, George SF, Triplett EW, Leypoldt MD. National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program partnerships in action. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2612–2616.

Smith RA, Brawley OW. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Toward a system of cancer screening in the United States. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2617–2619.

Plescia M, Wong F, Pieters J, Joseph D. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in the era of health reform: A vision forward. 2014;120 Suppl 16:2620–2624.