Higher Incidence of Head and Neck Cancers Among Vietnamese American Men in California

Overview

Journal Head Neck

Specialties General Surgery
Oncology

Date 2010 Jan 22

PMID 20091688

Citations 6

Authors

Edith J Filion

Laura A McClure

Derek Huang

Kosal Seng

Michael J Kaplan

Alexander Dimitrios Colevas

Scarlett Lin Gomez

Ellen T Chang

Quynh-Thu Le

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

Background: Our aim was to determine the incidence rates of head and neck cancer in Vietnamese Californians compared with other Asian and non-Asian Californians.

Methods: Age-adjusted incidence rates of head and neck cancer between 1988 and 2004 were computed for Vietnamese Californians compared with other racial/ethnic groups by time period, ethnicity, neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES), and sex using data from the population-based California Cancer Registry (CCR). Data by smoking and alcohol status were tabulated from the California Health Interview Survey.

Results: Vietnamese men had a higher incidence rate of head and neck cancer than other Asian men. Specifically, the laryngeal cancer rate was significantly higher for Vietnamese men (6.5/100,000; 95% confidence interval [CI], 5.0-8.2) than all other Asian men (range, 2.6-3.8/100,000), except Korean men (5.1/100,000; 95% CI, 3.9-6.4). Both Vietnamese and Korean men had the highest percentage of current smokers. Neighborhood SES was inversely related to head and neck cancer rates among Vietnamese men and women.

Conclusion: The higher incidence rate of head and neck cancer in Vietnamese men may correspond to the higher smoking prevalence in this group. Individual-level data are needed to establish the link of tobacco, alcohol, and other risk factors with head and neck cancer in these patients.

Citing Articles

Influence of Rurality on Oral Cancer Trends among Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Member Countries-A Scoping Review.

Ramamurthy P, Sharma D, Clough A, Thomson P Cancers (Basel). 2024; 16(17).

PMID: 39272815 PMC: 11394544. DOI: 10.3390/cancers16172957.

Systematic review of neighborhood socioeconomic indices studied across the cancer control continuum.

Sorice K, Fang C, Wiese D, Ortiz A, Chen Y, Henry K Cancer Med. 2022; 11(10):2125-2144.

PMID: 35166051 PMC: 9119356. DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4601.

Alcohol Drinking Pattern and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

Koo H, Han K, Shin D, Yoo J, Cho M, Jeon K Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021; 18(21).

PMID: 34769724 PMC: 8582646. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111204.

Liver Cancer Incidence and Area-Level Geographic Disparities in Pennsylvania-A Geo-Additive Approach.

Ortiz A, Wiese D, Sorice K, Nguyen M, Gonzalez E, Henry K Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020; 17(20).

PMID: 33081168 PMC: 7588924. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207526.

The role of fluoride and chlorhexidine in preserving hardness and mineralization of enamel and cementum after gamma irradiation.

Abdalla R, Niazy M, Jamil W, Hazzaa H, Elbatouti A Radiat Environ Biophys. 2017; 56(2):187-192.

PMID: 28337586 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-017-0690-9.

References

Nguyen B, Nguyen K, McPhee S, Nguyen A, Tran D, Jenkins C . Promoting cancer prevention activities among Vietnamese physicians in California. J Cancer Educ. 2000; 15(2):82-5. DOI: 10.1080/08858190009528662. View

Curado M, Hashibe M . Recent changes in the epidemiology of head and neck cancer. Curr Opin Oncol. 2009; 21(3):194-200. DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32832a68ca. View

Wiecha J, Lee V, Hodgkins J . Patterns of smoking, risk factors for smoking, and smoking cessation among Vietnamese men in Massachusetts (United States). Tob Control. 1998; 7(1):27-34. PMC: 1759650. DOI: 10.1136/tc.7.1.27. View

Minh H, Huong D, Giang K . Self-reported chronic diseases and associated sociodemographic status and lifestyle risk factors among rural Vietnamese adults. Scand J Public Health. 2008; 36(6):629-34. DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086977. View

Yen I, Kaplan G . Neighborhood social environment and risk of death: multilevel evidence from the Alameda County Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1999; 149(10):898-907. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009733. View

Forastiere A, Koch W, Trotti A, Sidransky D . Head and neck cancer. N Engl J Med. 2002; 345(26):1890-900. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra001375. View

Hashibe M, Brennan P, Benhamou S, Castellsague X, Chen C, Curado M . Alcohol drinking in never users of tobacco, cigarette smoking in never drinkers, and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007; 99(10):777-89. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djk179. View

Pavia M, Pileggi C, Nobile C, Angelillo I . Association between fruit and vegetable consumption and oral cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006; 83(5):1126-34. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.5.1126. View

. Alcohol drinking. IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risks Hum. 1988; 44:1-378. PMC: 6421508. View

10.

Spigner C, Yip M, Huang B, Tu S . Chinese and Vietnamese adult male smokers' perspectives regarding facilitators of tobacco cessation behavior. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007; 8(3):429-35. View

11.

Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Hao Y, Xu J, Murray T . Cancer statistics, 2008. CA Cancer J Clin. 2008; 58(2):71-96. DOI: 10.3322/CA.2007.0010. View

12.

Conway D, Hashibe M, Boffetta P, Wunsch-Filho V, Muscat J, La Vecchia C . Enhancing epidemiologic research on head and neck cancer: INHANCE - The international head and neck cancer epidemiology consortium. Oral Oncol. 2009; 45(9):743-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.02.007. View

13.

Tang H, Shimizu R, Chen Jr M . English language proficiency and smoking prevalence among California's Asian Americans. Cancer. 2005; 104(12 Suppl):2982-8. PMC: 1810894. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21523. View

14.

Krieger N . Overcoming the absence of socioeconomic data in medical records: validation and application of a census-based methodology. Am J Public Health. 1992; 82(5):703-10. PMC: 1694121. DOI: 10.2105/ajph.82.5.703. View

15.

An N, Cochran S, Mays V, McCarthy W . Influence of American acculturation on cigarette smoking behaviors among Asian American subpopulations in California. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008; 10(4):579-87. PMC: 3652889. DOI: 10.1080/14622200801979126. View

16.

Lai K, McPhee S, Jenkins C, Wong C . Applying the quit & win contest model in the Vietnamese community in Santa Clara county. Tob Control. 2000; 9 Suppl 2:II56-9. PMC: 1766279. DOI: 10.1136/tc.9.suppl_2.ii56. View

17.

Gillison M, DSouza G, Westra W, Sugar E, Xiao W, Begum S . Distinct risk factor profiles for human papillomavirus type 16-positive and human papillomavirus type 16-negative head and neck cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008; 100(6):407-20. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn025. View

18.

Chen Jr M, Guthrie R, Moeschberger M, Wewers M, Anderson J, Kuun P . Lessons Learned and Baseline Data from Initiating Smoking Cessation Research with Southeast Asian Adults. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health. 1993; 1(2):194-214. View

19.

Moles D, Fedele S, Speight P, Porter S, dos Santos Silva I . Oral and pharyngeal cancer in South Asians and non-South Asians in relation to socioeconomic deprivation in South East England. Br J Cancer. 2008; 98(3):633-5. PMC: 2243164. DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604191. View

20.

Zhang Z, Morgenstern H, Spitz M, Tashkin D, Yu G, Hsu T . Environmental tobacco smoking, mutagen sensitivity, and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2000; 9(10):1043-9. View