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16270313

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Asian Americans are the nation's fastest growing racial group in terms of percentages, and they constitute a very heterogeneous population. The author reviewed the literature and proposed an agenda to reduce cancer health disparities based on this review and the accomplishments and aspirations of the National Cancer Institute-funded Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training. The Asian American cancer burden is unique, unusual, and, to a certain extent, unnecessary. The Asian American cancer burden is unique, because Asians are the only racial/ethnic population to experience cancer as the leading cause of death. The unusual aspects of the cancer burden among Asian Americans include experiencing proportionally more cancers of infectious origin, such as human papillomavirus-induced cervical cancer, hepatitis B virus-induced liver cancer, and stomach cancer, than any other racial/ethnic population and, at the same time, experiencing an increasing numbers of cancers associated with "Westernization." To a certain extent, the cancer burden for Asian Americans is unnecessary if barriers to cancer screening, overcoming resistance to physician visits, and culturally competent interventions to reduce smoking, unhealthy diet, and increasing proper exercise can be instituted. Reducing cancer health disparities among Asian Americans will involve research into their unique, unusual, and unnecessary cancer burden.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Cancer 2005. (c) 2005 American Cancer Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2895-902
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cancer health disparities among Asian Americans: what we do and what we need to do.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. moon.chen@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural