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. 1995 Mar;6(2):181-3.
doi: 10.1097/00001648-199503000-00017.

Breast cancer incidence in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants

J L Stanford  1 , L J Herrinton, S M Schwartz, N S Weiss
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Breast cancer incidence in Asian migrants to the United States and their descendants

J L Stanford et al. Epidemiology. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

We studied breast cancer incidence during the period 1973-1986 in Asian residents of three U.S. geographic areas. The rate in Asian-American women born in China or Japan and in their U.S.-born counterparts was about 50% and 75% that of U.S.-born whites, respectively, and was approximately twice the rate of women residing in Asia. Breast cancer incidence was nearly identical in U.S.- and foreign-born Filipino-Americans, but it was 40% that of U.S.-born whites.

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