Cancer incidence trends in Asian subgroups
NCCC Surveillance Researchers, in collaboration with a demographer, developed intra- and extra-censal population estimates for the six largest US Asian subgroups in the Greater Bay Area to facilitate examination of incidence trends in these subgroups over time. Using these data, the group produced a report: "Cancer Incidence among Asians in the Greater Bay Area, 1990-2002." These statistics have been of significant value to public health agencies and other researchers, as population data on specific Asian subgroups are not easily available for non-censal years from any other source. NCCC researchers have produced publications on breast and liver cancer incidence trends among Asian subgroups (Keegan et al., 2007; Chang et al., 2007), and are currently engaged in projects on lung cancer (Keegan, Gomez, Chang, et al., in collaboration with UCSF), lymphomas (Glaser et al.), colorectal cancer (Gomez), and stomach cancer (Pham and Gomez).
NCCC Investigators: Ellen Chang, Ph.D., Christina A. Clarke, Ph.D., Sally L. Glaser, Ph.D., Scarlett L. Gomez, Ph.D., Theresa Keegan, Ph.D., Dee W. West, Ph.D.
Funding Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
Publications:
Keegan THM, Gomez SL, Clarke CA, Chan JK, Glaser SL. Recent trends in breast cancer incidence among six Asian groups in the Greater Bay Area of Northern California, International Journal of Cancer 2007;120:1324-9.
Chang ET, Keegan TH, Gomez SL, Le GM, Clarke CA, So SK, Glaser SL. The burden of liver cancer in Asians and Pacific Islanders n the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, 1990 through 2004. Cancer 2007;109:2100-8.
Gomez SL, Le GM, Miller T, Undurraga DM, Shema SJ, Stroup A, Clarke CA, Keegan THM, O'Malley CD, Unger Hu K, West DW, Glaser SL. Cancer Incidence among Asians in the Greater Bay Area, 1990-2002. Fremont, CA: Northern California Cancer Center, 2005.
Gomez SL, Le GM, Clarke CA, Glaser SL, France A, West D. Cancer incidence patterns in Koreans in the U.S. and in Kangwha, South Korea. Cancer Causes Control 2003; 14:167-74.
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