Ethnic Enclaves and Incidence of Cancer Among US Ethnic Minorities in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since immigrants and their descendants represent a growing proportion of the US population, there is a strong demographic imperative for scientists to better understand the cancer risk factors at multiple levels that exist for these populations. Understanding the upstream causes of cancer, including neighborhood context, may help prevention efforts. Residence in ethnic enclaves may be one such contextual cause; however, the evidence is mixed, and past research has not utilized prospective designs examining cancer incidence or mortality.

Methods

We examined the association between residency in ethnic enclaves and cancer events among Hispanic (n = 753) and Chinese (n = 451) participants without a history of cancer in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA),

SUBMITTER: Cha J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11110072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature