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Cancer of asians in kenya
Author(s) -
Chopra S. A.,
Linsell C. A.,
Peers F. G.,
Chopra F. S.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910150418
Subject(s) - kenya , indigenous , cancer , immigration , geography , demography , population , lung cancer , breast cancer , socioeconomics , medicine , environmental health , biology , pathology , ecology , sociology , archaeology
The frequency of various cancers among Indian immigrants in Kenya was compared to corresponding data among native Africans and Indians in the regions of India from which most of the studied population originally migrated. The Kenyan Indians do not have the cancer pattern of their home country nor do they have the cancer pattern of indigenous Africans. They have instead, like Europeans and North Americans, a higher risk of cancer of the lung, breast and the large intestine. It is suggested that this is related to environmental factors and variations in living habits.