Bulletin du Cancer
Volume 79, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 789-800

Cancer mortality among Polish migrants to France (Article)

Tyczynski J.* , Parkin D. , Watonski W. , Tarkowski W.
  • a Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, ul Wawelska 15, 00 973 Warsaw 22, Poland
  • b Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, ul Wawelska 15, 00 973 Warsaw 22, Poland
  • c Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, ul Wawelska 15, 00 973 Warsaw 22, Poland
  • d Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, ul Wawelska 15, 00 973 Warsaw 22, Poland

Abstract

Cancer risk in the Polish-born population of France has been compared to that in Poland and in native French subjects (born in France), using mortality data from the period 1979-1985. The Polish-born community in France is a long-established one - most migration occurred during the 1920s - so that for many cancer sites the cancer pattern is closer to that of French natives than that in Poland (eg oral cavity, oesophagus, large bowel, gall bladder, uterus, leukaemia). Polish migrants, however, retain their characteristically high rates of cancer of the stomach and lung (in men), and lower rates of breast and prostate cancer. The Polish-born community has a characteristic pattern of residence (living mainly in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais) and occupational status (a higher proportion of 'workers' than the French-born); these are important confounding factors which can mask the true differences in risk for several sites (larynx, oesophagus, large bowel) if no adjustment is made during analysis.

Author Keywords

Migrants Poland Epidemiology Relative risk Mortality

Index Keywords

France Neoplasms human Poland priority journal comparative study Aged cancer Adolescent Infant, Newborn male female Infant Child, Preschool Risk Factors Article Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult Emigration and Immigration mortality Middle Age Child
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ISSN: 00074551
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English