Chinese and South Asian ethnicity, immigration status, and clinical cancer outcomes in the Ontario Cancer System.

James K R Stevenson Matthew C CheungCraig C EarleHadas D FischerXimena CamachoRefik SaskinBaiju R ShahPeter C AustinSimron Singh

Published in: Cancer (2018)

Chinese and South Asian ethnic groups appear to have lower cancer mortalities compared with the general Ontario population. After removing the well-documented protective effect of immigration, Chinese and South Asian ethnicities were found to be associated with a cancer survival advantage in Ontario, Canada. Cancer 2018;124:1473-82. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

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