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Cancer Risk, Risk Reduction, and Screening and Treatment Access among U.S. South Asians

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Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans

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This chapter is a brief survey of cancer risk, risk reduction, and screening and treatment access among South Asians in the U.S. A combination of biological factors, including genetics, infections and environmental exposures, microbiota, and lifestyle factors shape vulnerability to cancer among South Asians in the U.S., including South Asian immigrant populations. This chapter highlights these as areas that require further, in-depth examination and advises epidemiologically, culturally and linguistically responsive service delivery to improve cancer outcomes among the large and growing U.S. South Asian immigrant communities. This chapter reflects the work of a dedicated group of researchers, service delivery providers, and community members who came together as part of the yearlong effort, South Asian Health: From Research to Practice and Policy, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD R13 MD007147-01A1).

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    Owing to an oversight, one of the authors name had been missed in the previous version. However, this has been corrected and the author “Sayyeda Ayesha Ahmed” has been added.

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Gany, F., Hashemi, A., Leng, J., Ahmed, S.A. (2018). Cancer Risk, Risk Reduction, and Screening and Treatment Access among U.S. South Asians. In: Perera, M., Chang, E. (eds) Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Health in South Asian Americans. Cross-Cultural Research in Health, Illness and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91120-5_8

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