AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Breast cancer risk differs within the South Asian female population in England.
2004 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Differences in breast cancer risk between South Asian ethnic subgroups were partly due to diet and body size, researchers say.
According to a study from England, "South Asian women in England have a lower breast cancer risk than their English-native counterparts, but less is known about variations in risk between distinct South Asian ethnic subgroups. We used the data from a population-based case-control study of first-generation South Asian migrants to assess risks by ethnic subgroup."
"In all, 240 breast cancer cases, identified through cancer registries, were individually matched on age and general practitioner to two controls. Information on the region of origin, religious and linguistic background, and on breast cancer risk factors was obtained from participants," wrote V.A. McCormack and colleagues, University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health.
"Breast cancer odds varied significantly between the ethnic subgroups (p=.008), with risk increasing in the following order: Bangladeshi Muslims (odds ratio (OR) 0.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.10, 1.06), Punjabi Hindu (OR 0.59, 95% CI: 0.33, 1.27), Gujarati Hindu (1=reference group), Punjabi Sikh (OR 1.23, 95% CI: 0.72, 2.11), and Pakistani/Indian Muslims (OR 1.76, 95% CI: 1.10, 2.81)," the researchers wrote.
"The statistically significant raised risk in ...
- South Asian women in NE England have higher mastectomy rates than non-Asians.
- Newspaper article from: Clinical Oncology Week May 24, 2004 700+ words
...NewsRx.net) -- South Asian breast cancer patients living in...Yorkshire, 63% of South Asian women with breast cancer had a mastectomy compared...be a result of poor breast cancer awareness in South Asian women living in Yorkshire...
- South Asian women in England have higher rates of disease survival.
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly September 11, 2003 700+ words
...women diagnosed with breast cancer were 73% for South Asian women and 65% for...general population, South Asian women with breast cancer had 18% lower mortality...with more advanced breast cancer than non-South Asian women. According...
- HEALTH ( Muslim women from South Asia at greater risk of breast cancer).
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International January 11, 2004 700+ words
...as likely to develop breast cancer than Gujarati Hindu...had been treated for breast cancer, took part in the...that, in general, South Asian women living in England...to be diagnosed with breast cancer than their native English...
- Risk differs among specific ethnic subgroups of South Asian women in U.K.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week February 4, 2004 700+ words
...the risk of breast cancer among South Asian women in Britain...to develop breast cancer. In general...group found, South Asian women living...recent rise in breast cancer in this group...characterizing all South Asian women as...
- Abraxis BioScience and Biocon Limited Announce Approval of ABRAXANE in India...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 18, 2007 700+ words
...for the treatment of breast cancer in India is an important...in the treatment of breast cancer." In August 2007...Kuwait and certain other South Asian and Persian Gulf countries...first-line metastatic breast cancer as well as Phase III...
- Breast Cancer Survivor Jaclyn Smith Urges Women to Know Their Breast Cancer...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 10, 2007 700+ words
-- Breast Cancer Risk Factors Include Age, Family...entrepreneur, philanthropist and breast cancer survivor, is touring the country...Knowing: The Facts and Fiction of Breast Cancer Risk program, sharing her experience...
- Breast Cancer Still a Concern for Canadian Women - Canadian Cancer Society...
- News wire article from: Canadian Corporate News October 2, 2000 700+ words
...have been made in the fight against breast cancer, but it remains the most frequently...200 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in Canada and 5,500 will die of it...encouraging women to get the facts about breast cancer during October - Breast Cancer Awareness...
- Breast Cancer Research Conference May 6-8, 2006, Montreal: Canadian and...
- News wire article from: Canadian Corporate News May 1, 2006 700+ words
...conference -- sponsored by the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (CBCRA). This...held every two years. Who: Leading breast cancer researchers from Canada and around...new cancer therapies, cell biology, breast cancer detection and screening will present...