Higher Breast Cancer Risk Among Immigrant Asian American Women Than Among US-Born Asian American Women

N. Morey, Brittany; C. Gee, Gilbert; S. von Ehrenstein, Ondine; Shariff‐Marco, Salma; J. Canchola, Alison; Yang, Juan; Allen, Laura; Soo‐Jin Lee, Sandra; Bautista, Roxanna; La Chica, Trish; Tseng, Winston; Chang, Pancho; Lin Gomez, Scarlett

doi:10.5888/pcd16.180221

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Higher Breast Cancer Risk Among Immigrant Asian American Women Than Among US-Born Asian American Women

Published in Preventing Chronic Disease • Feb 8, 2019

Authors:

Brittany N. Morey

Gilbert C. Gee

Ondine S. von Ehrenstein

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Given rising rates of breast cancer in parts of Asia, immigrant Asian American women in the United States may have higher rates of breast cancer than previously anticipated. This study examined breast cancer risk among Asian American women by nativity and percentage of life lived in th...

Subject

Medicine

Immigration

Asian americans

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