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Cancer statistics of Chinese Versus Americans
Author(s) -
Lee YeuTsu N.Margaret
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930170408
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , china , ethnic group , incidence (geometry) , cancer incidence , chinese population , cancer , white (mutation) , mortality rate , population , chinese people , gerontology , geography , environmental health , surgery , chemistry , anthropology , genotype , biochemistry , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics , gene
Cancer incidence and mortality rates of Chinese in China (Shanghai, Kwangtung), Hong Kong, and the United States (San Francisco, etc.) are presented. The rates for the U.S. white population are included for comparison. Additional mortality rates of Chinese in Japan and incidence rates of Chinese in Singapore and British Columbia are also available. Such statistics emphasize both the distinctions and the similarities in cancer problems among chinese living abroad and Chinese living in China. Some ethnic and cultural differences, as well as differences in age, site distribution, and histological subtype, of certain cancers are discussed.