Racial variation in the incidence of ovarian cancer in the United States.
The incidence of ovarian cancer was determined in four US populations of heterogeneous racial-ethnic composition. Japanese, Chinese, Hispano, and black women had rates of epithelial tumors that were 19-42% lower than those of white women. Though these differences were due primarily to lower rates of serious and papillary tumors, all but Chinese women also had a decreased incidence of mucinous tumors, and Hispano and black women had low rates of endometrioid-clear cell malignancy. The incidence of nonepithelial ovarian tumors in the four populations showed little relationship to race.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D044469:Racial Groups