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- Title
Relative weight, weight change, height, and breast cancer risk in Asian-American women.
- Authors
Ziegler, R G; Hoover, R N; Nomura, A M; West, D W; Wu, A H; Pike, M C; Lake, A J; Horn-Ross, P L; Kolonel, L N; Siiteri, P K; Fraumeni, J F, Jr
- Abstract
Breast cancer incidence rates have historically been four to seven times higher in the United States than in China or Japan, although the reasons remain elusive. When Chinese, Japanese, or Filipino women migrate to the United States, their breast cancer risk rises over several generations and reaches that for white women in the United States, indicating that modifiable exposures are involved. In a previous report on this case-control study of breast cancer in Asian-American women, designed to take advantage of their diversity in risk and lifestyle, we demonstrated a sixfold gradient in risk by migration history, comparable to the international differences in breast cancer incidence rates.
- Publication
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1996, Vol 88, Issue 10, p650
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/88.10.650