Colorectal cancer among Koreans living in South Korea versus California

Incidence, mortality, and screening rates

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12554393
AutoresSo Yeon Ryu (0000-0001-5006-1192), Catherine M Crespi (0000-0002-6150-2181, University of California, Los Angeles), Ágústa Edwald Maxwell (0000-0002-2334-8582, University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume19
Fascículo4
Páginas406-423
Data de publicação2013-05-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnicity and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1355-7858 • E-ISSN: 1465-3419
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13557858.2013.801404
PMID23713441
PMCIDPMC3795980
OpenAlexW1990111255
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas42

Despite almost identical CRC screening guidelines in South Korea and the USA and substantially higher screening rates among Korean Americans as compared to South Koreans, disparities remain in both populations with respect to CRC statistics. Thus, efforts to promote primary and secondary prevention of CRC in both Korean populations are critically important in both countries

Cancer · Cancer incidence · Colorectal cancer · Incidence (geometry · Mortality rate · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection · Demography · Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes · Genetic factors in colorectal cancer · Medicine · Gerontology · Internal Medicine