Publications by authors named "Taylor R Cobb"
Cancer Site-Specific Disparities in New York, Including the 1945-1965 Birth Cohort's Impact on Liver Cancer Patterns.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
August 2018
Article Synopsis
- Analyses of cancer mortality patterns in the Northeastern U.S. are outdated, prompting a study using 2008-2014 data from New York State to explore disparities among various racial and ethnic groups.
- The findings revealed that U.S.-born blacks had the highest cancer mortality rates, particularly for liver cancer, while South Americans and Asians had the lowest, and minority groups faced greater risks for liver, stomach, cervical, and prostate cancers.
- The study suggests that socioeconomic factors, rather than race alone, contribute to the higher cancer burden, especially among U.S.-born blacks and Puerto Ricans, highlighting the importance of detailed subgroup analyses for effective cancer prevention and control.
Background: Latinos born in the US, 36 million, comprise 65% of all US Latinos. Yet their cancer experience is nearly always analyzed together with their foreign-born counterparts, 19 million, who constitute a steady influx of truly lower-risk populations from abroad. To highlight specific cancer vulnerabilities for US-born Latinos, we compare their cancer mortality to the majority non-Latino white (NLW) population, foreign-born Latinos, and non-Latino blacks.
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