Nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants.
Incidence and mortality for nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants to Australia, Brazil (Saõ Paulo), Canada, England and Wales, France, Uruguay, and the United States (Connecticut; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California) are analyzed. While the available incidence and mortality rates in the south of Italy--from where a large majority of migrants derive--are comparable to or lower than the other Western countries, the study shows a high risk in Italian migrants compared with the locally-born populations. These results are consistent in both sexes and in all host countries with the exception of the two South American ones. This finding possibly reflects a migration from some Italian sub-areas at higher risk, consistent with the high risk reported for some other Mediterranean populations (Maghreb, Malta).
Geddes
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M
National Institute for Cancer Research, Florence, Italy.
Balzi
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D
Buiatti
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D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants