Cancer Incidence in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)-The Onco-SOL Ancillary Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined how cancer incidence varies by the country of origin among US Hispanic/Latino adults. In this study, we describe the incidence rates (IR) of cancer overall and for screen-detectable, tobacco-related, and obesity-related cancers among 16,415 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, an ongoing population-based cohort study of Hispanic/Latino adults from diverse backgrounds.

Methods

Cohort participant records were linked to the state cancer registries in New York, Florida, California, and Illinois to ascertain cancer incidence from baseline (2008-2011) through 2021. We estimated weighted age-adjusted IRs and age- and sex-adjusted HRs.

Results

Over a mean follow-up of 10.7 (SD = 2.0) years, 715 incident inv

SUBMITTER: Parada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11968240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature