Culture, Ethnicity, and Race: Persistent Disparities in Older Women with Breast Cancer

摘要: The elderly population, arbitrarily defined as adults older than 65 years, is rapidly increasing worldwide, and changing with regard to physical, psychological, sociocultural dimensions. In 2005, the World Health Organization in its International Plan of Action on Aging established that disease prevention treatment a global health priority approved Resolution Cancer Control worldwide. Sixty percent all cancers western world are diagnosed people over age 65, two thirds cancer mortality worldwide occurs this group. Due longer life expectancy improved care, also becoming more frequent developing countries will be number one cause death by 2010 (World Orgnanization 2005a, b, 2008). On April 14, 2008, IOM issued document Retooling for an America: building Care Workforce describes geriatric care terms crisis challenge US (Institute Medicine According report, fastest growing population segment, now comprising 12% U.S. projected almost double between 2005 2030, from 37 70 million, substantial increase persons 80. Many international agencies institutions, including National Institute Aging, have begun systematically question existing assumptions prejudices oncology transform it into active field research, education, organizational changes.