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. 1990 Jun;80(6):722-4.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.6.722.

Cervix and breast cancer incidence in immigrant Caribbean women

R G Fruchter  1 , K Nayeri, J C Remy, C Wright, J G Feldman, J G Boyce, W S Burnett
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Cervix and breast cancer incidence in immigrant Caribbean women

R G Fruchter et al. Am J Public Health. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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