The burden of cancer in Asian Americans: A report of national mortality trends by asian ethnicity

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1371-1382

  Thompson, Caroline A ^a,b   Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^c,d,e   Hastings, Katherine G ^d   Kapphahn, Kristopher ^d   Yu, Peter ^f   Shariff Marco, Salma ^c,d,e   Bhatt, Ami S ^d,g   Wakelee, Heather A ^d,e   Patel, Manali I ^d,h   Cullen, Mark R ^d   Palaniappan, Latha P ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; NEOPLASM; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; VIETNAMESE; COST OF ILLNESS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990026719     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0167     Document Type: Article

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