Latest trends in cancer incidence among UK South Asians in Leicester

Using cancer registry data, we show that although South Asians have lower rates of cancer than the rest of the population, this is changing with age and time. Younger South Asians, particularly children, are at increased risk. While generally cancer rates have fallen over the last decade, they are i...

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Published in:British journal of cancer 2003-07, Vol.89 (1), p.70-73
Main Authors: Smith, L K, Botha, J L, Benghiat, A, Steward, W P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age groups
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asia - ethnology
Asian people
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance
Epidemiologic Studies
Epidemiology
Ethnicity
Female
Head & neck cancer
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medical research
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Molecular Medicine
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - ethnology
Oncology
Prostate
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Trends
Tumors
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:Using cancer registry data, we show that although South Asians have lower rates of cancer than the rest of the population, this is changing with age and time. Younger South Asians, particularly children, are at increased risk. While generally cancer rates have fallen over the last decade, they are increasing among South Asians.
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600973