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Information Especially For You |
| Asian Americans & Cancer (PDF, 847 KB)
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| (Intercultural Cancer Council)
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Breast Cancer Information |
| (Office of Women's Health, DHHS)
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Cancer Information For Women |
| (Office of Women·s Health, DHHS)
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Cervical Cancer Information |
| (Office of Women’s Health, DHHS)
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Liver Cancer Information For Women |
| (Office of Women’s Health, DHHS)
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Stomach Cancer Information For Women |
| (Office of Women's Health, DHHS)
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| Research and Tools |
| Cancer and Asian Americans - Journal citations from MEDLINE/PubMed |
| (National Library of Medicine)
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Asian Language Materials |
(American Cancer Society)
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The materials on this page have been created and translated by the American Cancer Society to provide health professionals with downloadable information about cancer in several Asian languages. |
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Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Material (APICEM) Web Tool |
(Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training - AANCART and American Cancer Society)
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The APICEM Tool provides links to Contributor's Web sites containing Asian or Pacific Islander cancer education materials. The materials referenced here have been screened by the contributing organizations/programs for medical accuracy and cultural relevance. |
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Asian Pacific Islanders Women’s Health |
(Food and Drug Administartion, DHHS)
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This multi-lingual site offers several languages to help Asian Pacific Islander women understand the importance of having mammograms and pap smears at regular intervals. Clinicians will find special materials they can use to personally recommend mammography and pap smears to their patients. |
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Cancer incidence and mortality patterns among specific Asian and Pacific Islander populations in the U.S. |
(National Cancer Institute, NIH)
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In this paper, collaborators from the National Cancer Institute‘s Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences and the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities report cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distributions among Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) residing in the US. Health disparities are noted, using the cancer experience of the non-Hispanic white population as the referent group.
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Miller BA, Chu KC, Hankey BF, Ries LAG. Cancer incidence and mortality patterns among specific Asian and Pacific Islander populations in the U.S. Cancer Causes Control 2008 Apr;19(3):227-56. PMID: 18066673 |
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Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Fast Stats Tool |
(National Cancer Institute, NIH)
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Fast Stats is an interactive tool for quick access to key SEER and U.S. cancer statistics for major cancer sites by age, gender, race/ethnicity and data type. Statistics are presented as graphs and tables.
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| Materials in Asian Languages |
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| Organizations and Programs |
Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART) |
Asian American Minority Women's Health |
| (Office of Women’s Health, DHHS)
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| General Information |
| Cancer Health Topics in MedlinePlus |
| (National Library of Medicine)
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General Cancer Information in MedlinePlus |
| (National Library of Medicine)
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Cancer Related Health Disparities |
| (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
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Cancer Topics |
| (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
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Cancer in Healthfinder |
| (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Health Disparities in Cancer |
| (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS)
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Medical Encyclopedia Information on Cancer in MedlinePlus |
| (National Library of Medicine)
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