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Title: Cervical cancer: incidence and survival in migrants within Spain
Author: Borràs Andrés, Josep Maria
Sánchez, Victoria
Moreno Aguado, Víctor
Izquierdo i Font, Àngel Xavier
Viladiu i Quemada, Pau
Keywords: Càncer de coll uterí
Migració interna
Estudi de casos
Espanya
Cervix cancer
Internal migration
Case studies
Spain
Issue Date: 1995
Publisher: BMJ Group
Abstract: This study examined the incidence of cervical cancer and survival rates according to migrant experience of women from different regions of Spain to Girona, Catalonia (Spain). DESIGN--Using data from the population based cancer registry of Girona for the period 1980-89, crude and age adjusted incidence rates were calculated for local-born and first generation migrants from other Spanish regions. The age standardised rate ratio (SRR) was calculated and Cox's regression model was used to adjust survival according to migrant status for age and stage at diagnosis. MAIN RESULTS--The incidence of cervical cancer was significantly higher in first generation Spanish migrants compared with locally born women (SRR: 2.02; 95% CI 1.40:2.92). The stage at diagnosis was more advanced among migrants. Survival probability was significantly associated with stage at diagnosis, but age and region of birth were not. CONCLUSIONS--Migrants from the southern Spanish regions show a twofold excess in the incidence of cervical cancer compared with the Girona-born female population. Cases of cervical cancer in migrants are diagnosed at a more advanced stage and as a consequence have a poorer prognosis.
Note: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.49.2.153
It is part of: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1995, vol. 49, núm. 2, p. 153-157
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/22495
Related resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.49.2.153
ISSN: 0143-005X
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