Papillary thyroid cancer incidence rates vary significantly by birthplace in Asian American women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 479-485

  Horn Ross, Pamela L ^a,b   McClure, Laura A ^a   Chang, Ellen T ^a,b   Clarke, Christina A ^a,b   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a,b   Rull, Rudolph P ^a,b   Quach, Thu ^a,b   Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American women; Birthplace; Cancer surveillance; Incidence rates; Papillary thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 79955785108     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-010-9720-5     Document Type: Article

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