Assignment Task: The JAMA article described patterns of cancer mortality in the US. They found that the pattern of cancer mortality was not evenly distributed even for cancers that are preventable or curable. Read the article and pay attention to how the author uses the information from surveillance to initiate arguments for increased public health interventions.
Discuss why finding areas where preventable and curable cancers are still causing more mortality than expected is important and describe two actions you might take to reduce cancer mortality in areas that are underserved
Finally, I am interested in whether you were surprised by the article? Even though cancer mortality has decreased in the US over the past three decades did you expect differences like those outlined to occur?