Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

Neighborhood changes in concentrated immigration and late stage breast cancer diagnosis (Article)

Cho Y.I. , Johnson T.P. , Barrett R.E. , Campbell R.T. , Dolecek T.A. , Warnecke R.B.
  • a Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Mail Code 336, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States
  • b Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Mail Code 336, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States
  • c Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
  • d Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
  • e Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
  • f Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Abstract

Immigrant women are at greater risk for late stage breast cancer diagnosis. The rapid increase in the US foreign-born population and new immigration patterns lead us to investigate the association between changes in immigrant population and the likelihood of distant metastasis stage at diagnosis of breast cancer among women in Cook County, Illinois. Analyses employed Illinois State Cancer Registry data for 42,714 breast cancer cases diagnosed between 1994 and 2003 in conjunction with 1990 and 2000 Census tract data. We find that concentration of and increases in immigrant populations within neighborhoods contributed to the risk of late stage breast cancer diagnosis. These findings suggest that, although some health indicators for immigrant populations have improved in recent years, important health disparities in breast cancer diagnosis still remain at the neighborhood level. They further suggest that cancer screening and follow-up resources should be directed to areas experiencing rapid increases in immigrant populations. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

immigrants Breast cancer Neighborhood change Distant metastasis Stage at diagnosis

Index Keywords

Registries demography Population Dynamics register human Neoplasm Staging middle aged Illinois cancer staging Aged ethnology Residence Characteristics United States Young Adult Humans Breast Neoplasms Adolescent breast tumor female Aged, 80 and over Article adult migration Emigration and Immigration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79551487056&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-010-9339-3&partnerID=40&md5=68cb028ee414dd7db2d5257f019fcf40
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9339-3
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English