STATUS-REPORT ON PROSTATE-CANCER IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS - A NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION

''A Leadership Conference-Prostate Cancer in the African-American Comm unity: An Agenda for Action'' was held November 20 to 22, 1997, in Hou ston, Texas. The meeting-a collaborative effort of the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Nati onal Cancer Institute-examined he unique challenge that prostate cance r poses to the African-American community. This article presents the N ational Blueprint for Action developed at this historic conference.