title: Cancer incidence trends among Asian American populations in the United States, 1990-2008.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  National cancer incidence trends are presented for eight Asian American groups: Asian Indians/Pakistanis, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Kampucheans, Koreans, Laotians, and Vietnamese.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cancer incidence data from 1990 through 2008 were obtained from 13 Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER) registries. Incidence rates from 1990 through 2008 and average percentage change were computed using SEER*Stat and Joinpoint software. The annual percentage change (APC) in incidence rates was estimated with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) calculated for both the rate and APC estimates. Rates for non-Hispanic whites are presented for comparison.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prostate cancer was the most common malignancy among most groups, followed by lung, colorectal, liver, and stomach cancers. Breast cancer was generally the most common cancer in women, followed by colorectal and lung cancers; liver, cervix, thyroid, and stomach cancers also ranked highly. Among men, increasing trends were observed for prostate (Asian Indians and Pakistanis: APC 1990-2003 = 2.2, 95% CI = 0.3 to 4.1; Filipinos: APC 1990-1994 = 19.0, 95% CI = 4.5 to 35.4; Koreans: APC 1990-2008 = 2.9, 95% CI = 1.8 to 4.0), colorectal (Koreans: APC 1990-2008 = 2.2, 95% CI = 0.9 to 3.5), and liver cancers (Filipinos: APC 1990-2008 = 1.6, 95% CI = 0.4 to 2.7; Koreans: APC 1990-2006 = 2.1, 95% CI = 0.4 to 3.7; Vietnamese: APC 1990-2008 = 1.6, 95% CI = 0.3 to 2.8), whereas lung and stomach cancers generally remained stable or decreased. Among women, increases were observed for uterine cancer (Asian Indians: APC 1990-2008 = 3.0, 95% CI = 0.3 to 5.8; Chinese: APC 2004-2008 = 7.0, 95% CI = 1.4 to 12.9; Filipina: APC 1990-2008 = 3.0, 95% CI = 2.4 to 3.7; Japanese: APC 1990-2008 = 1.1, 95% CI = 0.1 to 2.0), colorectal cancer (Koreans: APC 1990-2008 = 2.8, 95% CI = 1.7 to 3.9; Laotians: APC: 1990-2008 = 5.9, 95% CI = 4.0 to 7.7), lung cancer (Filipinas: APC 1990-2008 = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.4 to 2.8; Koreans: APC 1990-2008 = 2.1, 95% CI = 0.6 to 3.6), thyroid cancer (Filipinas: APC 1990-2008 = 2.5, 95% CI = 1.7 to 3.3), and breast cancer in most groups (APC 1990-2008 from 1.2 among Vietnamese and Chinese to 4.7 among Koreans). Decreases were observed for stomach (Chinese and Japanese), colorectal (Chinese), and cervical cancers (Laotians and Vietnamese).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data fill a critical knowledge gap concerning the cancer experience of Asian American groups and highlight where increased preventive, screening, and surveillance efforts are needed-in particular, lung cancer among Filipina and Korean women and Asian Indian/Pakistani men, breast cancer among all women, and liver cancer among Vietnamese, Laotian, and Kampuchean women and Filipino, Kampuchean, and Vietnamese men.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA 94538, USA. scarlett@cpic.org
authors.forename: Scarlett Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Anne-Michelle
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Noone
authors.forename: Daphne Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Lichtensztajn
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scoppa
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cyllene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Lynne R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Wilkens
authors.forename: Marc T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Dennis
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authors.lastname: Deapen
authors.forename: Barry A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D007812:Laos / Q000208:ethnology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D018426:SEER Program; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology