Cancer Causes and Control
Volume 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 403-411

Colorectal cancer incidence in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants (Article)

Flood D.M. , Weiss N.S.* , Cook L.S. , Emerson J.C. , Schwartz S.M. , Potter J.D.
  • a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Center, M P-381, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-1024, United States
  • b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Center, M P-381, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-1024, United States, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
  • c Dept. of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada
  • d Department of Pediatrics, Univ. of Washington Sch. of M., Seattle, WA, United States
  • e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Center, M P-381, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-1024, United States, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
  • f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Center, M P-381, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109-1024, United States, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the incidence of colorectal cancer among Asian residents of the United States according to country of birth. Methods: We determined the incidence of colorectal cancer during 1973-1986 among Asian residents in three areas of the western United States (Hawaii, San Francisco/Oakland SMSA, and western Washington state) in relation to country of birth. Numerators for the rates were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program; a special tabulation of the 1980 US Census was used to estimate the size and composition of the population at risk. Results: US-born Japanese men experienced incidence rates of colorectal cancer twice as high as foreign-born Japanese men and about 60% higher than those of US-born white men. Incidence among US-born Japanese women was about 40% higher than that among Japanese women born in Japan or US-born white women. Foreign-born Chinese men had about the same incidence of colorectal cancer as US-born white men, while US-born Chinese men experienced slightly reduced rates. Chinese women had rates that were generally 30-40% lower than that of US-born white women, regardless of place of birth. Incidence rates for both US-born and foreign-born Filipinos were 20-50% those of US-born whites. Conclusions: These findings suggest that one or more exposures or characteristics that differ between Japanese migrants and their descendants affect the development of colorectal cancer.

Author Keywords

Incidence Asian-Americans Colorectal neoplasms SEER program

Index Keywords

Chinese Asian human middle aged Asia Asian continental ancestry group colorectal cancer ethnic group priority journal Aged Colorectal Neoplasms United States Humans Asian Americans Japan male female Aged, 80 and over population research Incidence Article major clinical study adult migration Emigration and Immigration Philippines cancer incidence
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034046569&doi=10.1023%2fA%3a1008955722425&partnerID=40&md5=39305b4c2faef8e0f5dc2b068027d6e1
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008955722425
ISSN: 09575243
Cited by: 130
Original Language: English