Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Feb;21(2):543-545.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.01.026. Epub 2022 Feb 3.
Among Asian Americans, cancer is the leading cause of death and colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer. The uptake of CRC screening influences incidence and mortality trends; however, the most recent American Cancer Society CRC statistics reveals ongoing disparities in screening based on race and ethnicity, with people of Asian descent demonstrating the lowest CRC screening rates despite being the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the United States..
在亚裔美国人中,癌症是导致死亡的主要原因,而结直肠癌(CRC)是第二常见的癌症。CRC 筛查的采用影响发病和死亡率趋势;然而,最近美国癌症协会 CRC 统计数据显示,基于种族和民族的筛查存在持续差异,尽管亚裔是美国增长最快的种族或族裔群体,但他们的 CRC 筛查率最低。