TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversification and trends in biliary tree cancer among the three major ethnic groups in the state of New Mexico
AU - Nir, Itzhak
AU - Wiggins, Charles L.
AU - Morris, Katherine
AU - Rajput, Ashwani
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Background: New Mexico's population is composed of 45% non-Hispanic whites, 42% Hispanics, 10% American Indians, and 3% other minorities. The purpose of this study was to compare the trends of biliary tract cancer among these groups over the past 3 decades. Methods: The state's tumor registry was used to ascertain the incidence of gallbladder cancer, extrahepatic bile duct cancer, and intrahepatic bile duct cancer. Results: A total of 1,449 new biliary cancers were diagnosed between 1981 and 2008. The contemporary incidence of gallbladder cancer remains several times higher among American Indians than in other ethnicities: for men, 4.1%, 1.1%, and.8% for American Indians, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic whites, respectively, and for women, 8.1%, 2.1%, and 1.0%, respectively. Conclusions: Biliary malignancies are more prevalent among American Indians. Despite a decline in the incidence of gallbladder cancer among American Indians and Hispanics, it remains higher compared with the state's non-Hispanic white population.
AB - Background: New Mexico's population is composed of 45% non-Hispanic whites, 42% Hispanics, 10% American Indians, and 3% other minorities. The purpose of this study was to compare the trends of biliary tract cancer among these groups over the past 3 decades. Methods: The state's tumor registry was used to ascertain the incidence of gallbladder cancer, extrahepatic bile duct cancer, and intrahepatic bile duct cancer. Results: A total of 1,449 new biliary cancers were diagnosed between 1981 and 2008. The contemporary incidence of gallbladder cancer remains several times higher among American Indians than in other ethnicities: for men, 4.1%, 1.1%, and.8% for American Indians, Hispanics, and non-Hispanic whites, respectively, and for women, 8.1%, 2.1%, and 1.0%, respectively. Conclusions: Biliary malignancies are more prevalent among American Indians. Despite a decline in the incidence of gallbladder cancer among American Indians and Hispanics, it remains higher compared with the state's non-Hispanic white population.
KW - American Indians
KW - Extrahepatic biliary cancer
KW - Gallbladder cancer
KW - Hispanics
KW - Intrahepatic biliary cancer
KW - New Mexico
KW - Non-Hispanic whites
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.12.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22236535
AN - SCOPUS:84857640863
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 203
SP - 361
EP - 365
JO - American journal of surgery
JF - American journal of surgery
IS - 3
ER -