International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
Volume 29, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 492-496

The effect of age at immigration on cervical cancer incidence: A population-based cohort study of 1 486 438 Israeli women (Article)

Raz Y. , Keinan-Boker L. , Goren S. , Soen-Grisaru G. , Cohen D. , Grisaru D.*
  • a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • b Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Gertner Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
  • c Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • d Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Unit, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  • e Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • f Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Abstract

Objective To clarify the effect of mass migration from a high-risk area (former Soviet Union) to a low-risk area (Israel) on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Israel and the modifying effect of age at immigration. Methods All women who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2000 (N=345 202) and all Jewish Israeli-born women who were 0-80 years old on January 1, 1990 (N=1 141 236) were included. Follow-up ended at December 31, 2010 or date of death or date of cervical cancer diagnosis, whatever occurred earlier. Crossing data from the computerized population registry of the Ministry of Interior, the Israel National Cancer Registry and the Central Bureau of Statistics, cervical cancer incidence and mortality and adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Results 1595 new cases (crude incidence rate 29.71: 100 000 person years) of cervical cancer were diagnosed in immigrants as compared with 6159 cases (crude incidence rate 27.21: 100 000 person years) diagnosed in Israel-born Jewish women. Immigration at an age older than 12 years was hazardous (aHR 1.27, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.35; P<0.001) while immigration at a younger age was protective (aHR 0.62, 95% CI 0.51 to 0.75; P<0.001) for cervical cancer incidence compared with native Israeli women. Cervical cancer mortality was also significantly higher in immigrants compared with Israel-born women with incidence density rates of 1.15 and 0.35 per 100 person years, respectively (P<0.0001). Conclusions Factors related to the acquired causes of the disease at the country of origin are probably at the root of the low incidence of cervical cancer in Israel. Adult immigrants from the former Soviet Union should be managed as a high-risk group. © 2019 IGCS and ESGO.

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Cervical cancer Immigration Former soviet union Age

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DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-2018-000053
ISSN: 1048891X
Original Language: English