Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how, when Japanese women move to the United States and adopt an American life-style, their risk of getting breast cancer almost doubles. The paper examines the importance of this fact in the search for better ways to prevent and cure the disease. The paper further examines how these factors suggest that the breast cancer rates among these groups may be due to behavioral factors that can be altered to lower breast cancer rates for all women, regardless of genetic make-up or exogenous factors.

Outline:
Introduction
The Study Population
Literature Review:
The Risk Factors
Clues from Other Ethnic Groups
Assessing the Risk in Japanese Americans
Meta-analysis of the Studies
Conclusion
Works Cited

From the Paper:

"One of the major problems found among this population is that they tend ignore activities leading to early diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, their cancer is in an advanced stage long before it is diagnosed. For instance, 48% of Filipino women fail to receive pap smears at the recommended time. Nearly 25% of Filipino women and 38% of Korean women do not get colorectal cancer screening at the recommended time (Maxwell, Bastani, and Warda, 2000). No information was found for the Japanese population. Approximately 79% of Asian-born Asian American women who develop breast cancer have greater proportion of tumors larger than 1 cm at the time of diagnosis (Hedeen, White, and Taylor, 1999). This indicates an absence of breast self-examinations among this population and mammography for early detection. This was confirmed by a study conducted by (Tang, Solomon, Yeh, and Worden, 1999)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Cancer Society, News Center. (2002)Breast Cancer Rates On The Rise Among Asian Americans. August 1, 2002. Retrieved April 24, 2006 from http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Breast_Cancer_Rates_On_The_Rise_Among_Asian_Americans.asp
• Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training. (2006) Retrieved April 24, 2006 from www.sp.ohio-state.edu/aancart/About_AANCART.htm
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (2003). Japanese In The United States. Retrieved April 24, 2006 from http://www.apiahf.org/resources/pdf/Japanese%20Health%20Brief.pdf
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