Epidemiology of non-small cell lung cancer in Asian Americans: Incidence patterns among six subgroups by nativity

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1391-1397

  Raz, Dan J ^a,d   Gomez, Scarlett L ^b,c   Chang, Ellen T ^b,c   Kim, Jae Y ^a   Keegan, Theresa H M ^b,c   Pham, Jane ^b   Kukreja, Jasleen ^a   Hiatt, Robert A ^a   Jablons, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Epidemiology; Exposures; Lung cancer; Nativity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KOREA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 61449514929     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818ddff7     Document Type: Article

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