Incidence of adenocarcinoma of the prostate in Asian immigrants to the United States and their descendants.

摘要: AbstractPurpose: We characterize the incidence of adenocarcinoma prostate among Chinese, Japanese and Filipino immigrants to United States their descendants.Materials Methods: Subjects included 1,511 Asian 16,000 white residents Hawaii, San Francisco/Oakland western Washington diagnosed with primary during 1973 through 1986, identified from Surveillance, Epidemiology End Results program. The size composition population at risk were provided by a special tabulation 1980 Census.Results: Among Asian-Americans 45 69 years old annual rate per 100,000 for Chinese (24.0), (29.6) (56.8) men born in China, Japan Philippines, respectively, was approximately half that (44.4, 42,2 111.3, respectively). For Americans 70 84 diagnosis differences persisted between those Japan...