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Nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants

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Incidence and mortality for nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants to Australia, Brazil (Saõ Paulo), Canada, England and Wales, France, Uruguay, and the United States (Connecticut; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California) are analyzed. While the available incidence and mortality rates in the south of Italy—from where a large majority of migrants derive—are comparable to or lower than the other Western countries, the study shows a high risk in Italian migrants compared with the locally-born populations. These results are consistent in both sexes and in all host countries with the exception of the two South American ones. This finding possibly reflects a migration from some Italian sub-areas at higher risk, consitent with the high risk reported for some other Mediterranean populations (Maghreb, Malta).

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  1. Marco Geddes
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Dr Geddes is with the National Institute for Cancer Research, Florence, Italy. Drs Balzt and Buiatti are with the Unit of Epidemiology, Center for the Study and Prevention of Cancer Florence, Italy. Address correspondence to Dr Geddes IST, Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, clo C.S.P.O., V. le A. Volta 171, 50131, Florence, Italy. This project is funded partially by Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori.

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Geddes, M., Balzi, D. & Buiatti, E. Nasopharynx cancer in Italian migrants. Cancer Causes Control 4, 111–116 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00053151

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