Cancer statistics for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, 2016: Converging incidence in males and females

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 182-202

  Torre, Lindsey A ^a   Sauer, Ann M Goding ^a   Chen, Moon S ^b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^c   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Siegel, Rebecca L ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; cancer statistics; incidence; mortality; Native Hawaiians; Pacific Islanders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NATIVE HAWAIIAN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PAKISTANI; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SAMOAN (PEOPLE); SEX RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TOBACCO USE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CANCER STAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954418538     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21335     Document Type: Article

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