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Epidemiology of cancer among Hispanic males. The experience in Florida

  1. Edward J. Trapido ScD1,*,
  2. Clyde B. McCoy PhD1,
  3. Nancy Strickman Stein MPH2,
  4. Stacy Engel MPH2,
  5. Joseph J. Zavertnik MD2,
  6. Mary Comerford MPH2

Article first published online: 29 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900401)65:7<1657::AID-CNCR2820650734>3.0.CO;2-2

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 65, Issue 7, pages 1657–1662, 1 April 1990

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Trapido, E. J., McCoy, C. B., Stein, N. S., Engel, S., Zavertnik, J. J. and Comerford, M. (1990), Epidemiology of cancer among Hispanic males. The experience in Florida. Cancer, 65: 1657–1662. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900401)65:7<1657::AID-CNCR2820650734>3.0.CO;2-2

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  1. 1

    Department of Oncology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami

  2. 2

    Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

*Department of Oncology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 29 JUN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 OCT 1989

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  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: P30-CA14395-16

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Abstract

To assess cancer incidence among Hispanic males in Dade County, Florida, data were analyzed from the statewide tumor registry. For all cancer sites (combined), the age standardized rate among Hispanic males was 308.75 cases per 100,000 person-years, compared with 349.55 among non-Hispanics (standardized rate ratio [SRR] = 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.84–0.93). Hispanics experienced significantly greater rates of cancers of the larynx (SRR = 1.58; 1.19–2.09), thyroid (SRR = 3.12; 1.18–8.26), and gallbladder (SRR = 5.45; 1.55–19.15), compared with non-Hispanics, but significantly lower rates of testicular cancer (SRR = 0.17; 0.09–0.37), melanoma (SRR = 0.20; 0.12–0.34), esophagus (SRR = 0.52; 0.49–0.55), stomach (SRR = 0.61; 0.43–0.87), pancreas (SRR = 0.65; 0.45–0.94), kidney and renal pelvis (SRR = 0.68; 0.48–0.97), colon (SRR = 0.79; 0.67–0.94), lung (SRR = 0.82; 0.73–0.94), and Kaposi's sarcoma (SRR = 0.03; 0.00–0.25). These data suggest that Dade Hispanic males have not experienced the cancers traditionally elevated among US Latinos, or those common among non-Hispanics.

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