EAN: 9783319411163

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS GEBUNDEN

Cancer Epidemiology in Asian Americans is a comprehensive volume that provides the most current
research on cancer etiology within this fast growing population sub-group in the United States.
The book explores epidemiologic methods that are typically used in migrant studies  providing
descriptive epidemiology of cancer patterns separately in Chinese  Japanese  Filipino and other
Asian ethnic groups including Asian Indians  Koreans  Vietnamese  and other Southeast Asians. A
major focus of the volume provides reviews of analytic risk factors for specific cancer sites
including lung  colorectal  prostate  breast  liver and more. These chapters aim to explain the
increases or decreases in incidence rates of various cancers upon migration  paying attention
to changing risk factor prevalence  the importance of timing of exposures  and other co-factors
important in the etiology of these cancers. Genetic determinants and gene-environment
relationships associated with specific cancers are also discussed.. This first of its kind
volume that is devoted to studies of cancer in Asian Americans provides a foundation to better
understanding of environmental and lifestyle causes of cancer in this group  identifying gaps
in our knowledge  and potential strategies for prevention.

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