Cancer incidence trends among asian american populations in the united states, 1990-2008

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1096-1110

  Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^a,b   Noone, Anne Michelle ^c   Lichtensztajn, Daphne Y ^a   Scoppa, Steve ^d   Gibson, James T ^d   Liu, Lihua ^e   Morris, Cyllene ^f   Kwong, Sandy ^f   Fish, Kari ^f   Wilkens, Lynne R ^g   Goodman, Marc T ^a   Deapen, Dennis ^e,h   Miller, Barry A ^c  

^a CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f California Cancer Registry   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HUMAN; INDIAN; JAPANESE; KAMPUCHEAN; KOREAN; LAOTIAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VIETNAMESE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LAOS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84881620607     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djt157     Document Type: Article

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