title: Childhood cancer in the south Asian population of England (1990-1992).
abstract: Cancer incidence in 1990-92 among English south Asian (residents with ethnic origins in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh) and non-south Asian children is compared. Standardized incidence ratios show significant overall excesses in south Asians (131), largely due to higher rates in south Asian boys, and specific excesses for leukaemia (141), lymphoid leukaemia (141), lymphoma (172) and hepatic tumours (375). Aetiological investigation is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maric
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Silcocks
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Batlle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*