American Journal of Public Health
Volume 76, Issue 7, 1986, Pages 797-798

Cervical cancer in immigrant Caribbean women (Article)

Fruchter R.G. , Remy J.C. , Burnett W.S. , Boyce J.G.
  • a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, United States
  • b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, United States
  • c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, United States
  • d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11203, United States

Abstract

At a public hospital serving the low-income community in Brooklyn, New York, invasive cervical cancer (ICC) was diagnosed in more advanced stages in Haitian and English-speaking Caribbean immigrants than in US-born Black women. In Brooklyn as a whole, only Haitians had more advanced ICC. Fewer Haitians had preinvasive cancer or ICC detected by a Pap test. Data are consistent with less frequent screening among low-income immigrants.

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Short Survey immigrant Registries human economic aspect social aspect priority journal comparative study Negroid Race geographic distribution Central America Epidemiologic Methods Haiti female genital system female Cervix Neoplasms uterine cervix cancer New York City Poverty Areas ethnic or racial aspects Emigration and Immigration Middle Age
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ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English