European Journal of Cancer
Volume 29, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1418-1423

Cancer risks among European migrants in Sáo Paulo, Brazil (Article)

Bouchardy C. , Khlat M. , Mirra A.P. , Parkin D.M.*
  • a Geneva Tumour Registry, Switzerland
  • b Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, Paris, France
  • c Sáo Paulo Tumor Registry, Brazil
  • d International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France

Abstract

Using both mortality and incidence data, cancer risk in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese migrants to Sáo Paulo were compared with those in the Brazil-born population, and with those in their countries of origin. Italian and Spanish migrants show changes in cancer risks which are rather similar to those observed in migrants of the same origin in other parts of South America: they increase their rates of oropharyngeal, oesophageal, cervical and breast cancers and they decrease their rates of lung cancers. However, for cancer of the oesophagus, the changes are greater in Sáo Paulo, where migrants acquire rates similar to those of the natives. For colon cancer, rates in Italian migrants decrease in the low risk area of Sáo Paulo and increase in the high risk area of Argentina. Changes in Portuguese migrants are less evident: their rates of colorectal cancer remain high, and, as found for Japanese migrants in Sáo Paulo, they also retain their higher risks of stomach cancer. © 1993.

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Index Keywords

Portugal Neoplasms human ethnic group priority journal cancer risk Aged Adolescent male Spain female Infant Risk Factors Incidence Article Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult migration Brazil Italy Middle Age Child
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DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(93)90015-8
ISSN: 09598049
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English