Cervix and breast cancer incidence in immigrant Caribbean women.
Cervix and breast cancer incidence in 1978-82 was computed for immigrant and United States-born Black women in Brooklyn, New York. Compared to the national SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) rates, US-born and Haitian women had high rates of invasive cervical cancer, while English-speaking Caribbean immigrants had an average rate. However, while US-born women had an average rate of carcinoma in situ of the cervix, both immigrant groups had low rates. Both immigrant groups had low rates of breast cancer, whereas US-born Black women had an average rate.
Fruchter
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY-Brooklyn 11203.
Nayeri
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Remy
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Wright
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Feldman
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Boyce
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Burnett
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D044383:Black People; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009519:New York City; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology; D001741:Black or African American