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The epidemiology of cancer among hispanic women: The experience in Florida

  1. Edward J. Trapido ScD1,*,
  2. Clyde B. McCoy PhD1,
  3. Nancy Strickman Stein MPH1,
  4. Stacy Engel MPH1,
  5. H. Virginia McCoy PhD2,
  6. Stan Olejniczak1

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19901201)66:11<2435::AID-CNCR2820661133>3.0.CO;2-0

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 66, Issue 11, pages 2435–2441, 1 December 1990

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Trapido, E. J., McCoy, C. B., Stein, N. S., Engel, S., McCoy, H. V. and Olejniczak, S. (1990), The epidemiology of cancer among hispanic women: The experience in Florida. Cancer, 66: 2435–2441. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19901201)66:11<2435::AID-CNCR2820661133>3.0.CO;2-0

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  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Department of Health Services Administration, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida

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

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 10 JUL 1990

Funded by

  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: P30-CA14395-16
  • Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
  • Florida Cancer Data System. Grant Number: LP046
  • American Cancer Society
  • Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation

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Abstract

To explore cancer incidence among Hispanic women living in Dade County, Florida, data were analyzed from the statewide cancer registry. For all but three sites, Hispanics had lower rates of the 15 most prevalent cancers than non-Hispanics. However, higher rates of cancer among Hispanics were noted for cancers of the gallbladder, liver, and heart and soft tissue. Subgroups of women had significantly higher rates of cervical cancer and thyroid cancer. Lower rates among Hispanics were observed for cancers of the esophagus, vagina, breast, colon, buccal cavity and pharynx, and malignant melanoma. These data suggest that most cancer sites traditionally higher among US Latino women were not higher among Dade Hispanics, and that sites more common among non-Hispanics have not yet shown an increased incidence among Hispanic women in Dade County.

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