Incidence of esophageal and gastric cancers among Hispanics, non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks in the United States: Subsite and histology differences

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 585-593

  Wu, Xiaocheng ^a   Chen, Vivien W ^a   Andrews, Patricia A ^a   Ruiz, Bernardo ^a   Correa, Pelayo ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer registry; Esophageal adenocarcinoma; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Gastric cardia adenocarcinoma; Gastric non cardia adenocarcinoma; Hispanics; Latinos; NAACCR; Non Hispanic blacks; Non Hispanic whites; NPCR; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIA CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TWO TAILED TEST;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249998605     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9000-1     Document Type: Article

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