Temporal trends in colorectal cancer incidence among Asian American populations in the United States, 1994‐2013

Temporal trends in colorectal cancer incidence among Asian American populations in the United States, 1994‐2013

ObjectiveTo investigate the incidence and trends in colorectal cancer (CRC) among Asian American populations in the United States.MethodsCRC incidence data from 1994 through 2013 were obtained from 13 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries. SEER*Stat and IBM SPSS Statistics were used...

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Veröffentlicht in:Family Medicine and Community Health 2017-05, Vol.5 (1), p.56-64
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Haijun, Mejia de Grubb, Maria C., Gonzalez, Sandra J., Sidani, Mohamad, Ma, Jianping, Zoorob, Roger J.
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Sprache:eng
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Asian Americans
Colorectal cancer
distal colon
incidence
Primary care
proximal colon
rectal cancer
trend
Trends
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectiveTo investigate the incidence and trends in colorectal cancer (CRC) among Asian American populations in the United States.MethodsCRC incidence data from 1994 through 2013 were obtained from 13 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries. SEER*Stat and IBM SPSS Statistics were used.ResultsThe age-adjusted incidence of CRC among Asian Americans decreased from 45.6 per 100,000 in 1994 to 33.0 per 100,000 in 2013, with the annual percent change being −1.8% (P
ISSN:2305-6983
2009-8774
DOI:10.15212/FMCH.2017.0103