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AAPI Health Literature Database - Breast & Cervical Cancer

Ahmad F, Stewart DE. Predictors of clinical breast examination among South Asian immigrant women. J Immigr Health 2004;6(3):119-26.

Anan K, Mitsuyama S, Nishihara K, Abe Y, Iwashita T, Ihara T, et al. Breast cancer in Japanese men: does sex affect prognosis? Breast Cancer 2004;11(2):180-6.

Arnsberger P, Nussey B, Fox P, Breuer W. Cervical intraepithelial lesions and cervical cancer among Asian Pacific Islander women in a cervical cancer screening program. Health Care Women Int 2002;23(5):450-9.

Ashing-Giwa KT, Padilla G, Tejero J, Kraemer J, Wright K, Coscarelli A, et al. Understanding the breast cancer experience of women: a qualitative study of African American, Asian American, Latina and Caucasian cancer survivors. Psychooncology 2004;13(6):408-28.

Bottorff JL, Johnson JL, Bhagat R, Grewal S, Balneaves LG, Clarke H, et al. Beliefs related to breast health practices: the perceptions of South Asian women living in Canada. Soc Sci Med 1998;47(12):2075-85.

Carey Jackson J, Taylor VM, Chitnarong K, Mahloch J, Fischer M, Sam R, et al. Development of a cervical cancer control intervention program for Cambodian American women. J Community Health 2000;25(5):359-75.

Chen WT, Bakken S. Breast cancer knowledge assessment in female Chinese immigrants in New York. Cancer Nurs 2004;27(5):407-12.

Choudhry UK, Srivastava R, Fitch MI. Breast cancer detection practices of south Asian women: knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs. Oncol Nurs Forum 1998;25(10):1693-701.

Chu WC, Lam WW, Pang AL, So NM, Tang AP, Tse GM, et al. Computer-assisted detection as a second reader in symptomatic Asian women with palpable breast cancer. Acta Radiol 2004;45(2):148-53.

Chui SY, Lyerly HK. Disparities in breast carcinoma treatment in Asian/Pacific Islander women. A challenge to the provider. Cancer 2002;95(11):2257-9.

Coughlin SS, Uhler RJ. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Asian and Pacific Islander women in the United States, 1994-1997. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2000;9(6):597-603.

Deapen D, Liu L, Perkins C, Bernstein L, Ross RK. Rapidly rising breast cancer incidence rates among Asian-American women. Int J Cancer 2002;99(5):747-50.

Dignan M, Michielutte R, Blinson K, Wells HB, Case LD, Sharp P, et al. Effectiveness of health education to increase screening for cervical cancer among eastern-band Cherokee Indian women in North Carolina. J Natl Cancer Inst 1996;88(22):1670-6.

Facione NC, Giancarlo C, Chan L. Perceived risk and help-seeking behavior for breast cancer. A Chinese-American perspective. Cancer Nurs 2000;23(4):258-67.

Fielding R, Lam WW. Measuring social impacts of breast carcinoma treatment in Chinese women. Cancer 2004;100(12):2500-11.

Gilani GM, Kamal S. Risk factors for breast cancer in Pakistani women aged less than 45 years. Ann Hum Biol 2004;31(4):398-407.

Gotay CC, Banner RO, Matsunaga DS, Hedlund N, Enos R, Issell BF, et al. Impact of a culturally appropriate intervention on breast and cervical screening among native Hawaiian women. Prev Med 2000;31(5):529-37.

Han Y, Williams RD, Harrison RA. Breast cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Korean American women. Oncol Nurs Forum 2000;27(10):1585-91.

Harlan L, Bernstein A, Kessler L. Cervical Cancer Screening: Who is not Screened and Why. American Journal of Public Health 1991;81(7):885-890.

Hedeen AN, White E, Taylor V. Ethnicity and birthplace in relation to tumor size and stage in Asian American women with breast cancer. American Journal of Public Health 1999;89(8):1248.

Hislop TG, Deschamps M, Teh C, Jackson C, Tu SP, Yasui Y, et al. Facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among Chinese Canadian women. Can J Public Health 2003;94(1):68-73.

Jackson JC, Taylor VM, Chitnarong K, Mahloch J, Fischer M, Sam R, et al. Development of a Cervical Cancer Control Intervention Program for Cambodian American Women. Journal of Community Health 2000;25(5):359-375.

Kagawa-Singer M, Pourat N. Asian American and Pacific Islander breast and cervical carcinoma screening rates and healthy people 2000 objectives. Cancer 2000;89(3):696-705.

Kim YA, Lee CW. Effects of obesity on breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Korean women. Eur J Cancer Prev 2004;13(1):13-7.

Krieger N, Quesenberry C, Jr., Peng T, Horn-Ross P, Stewart S, Brown S, et al. Social class, race/ethnicity, and incidence of breast, cervix, colon, lung, and prostate cancer among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White residents of the San Francisco Bay Area, 1988-92 (United States). Cancer Causes Control 1999;10(6):525-37.

Lee MC. Knowledge, barriers, and motivators related to cervical cancer screening among Korean-American women. A focus group approach. Cancer Nurs 2000;23(3):168-75.

Leung GM, Thach TQ, Chan E, Foo W, Meng O, Fielding R, et al. Short-term, medium-term, long-term, and lifetime risks of developing and dying of breast carcinoma in a Westernized Chinese population. Cancer 2004.

Lin SS, Clarke CA, Prehn AW, Glaser SL, West DW, O'Malley CD. Survival differences among Asian subpopulations in the United States after prostate, colorectal, breast, and cervical carcinomas. Cancer 2002;94(4):1175-82.

Mishra SI, Luce PH, Hubbell FA. Breast Cancer Screening among American Samoan Women. Preventive Medicine 2001;33(1):9-17.

Moore MA, Tajima K. Cervical cancer in the asian pacific-epidemiology, screening and treatment. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2004;5(4):349-61.

Moskowitz JM, Kazinets G, Tager IB, al e. Breast- and Cervical-Cancer Screening Among Korean Women --- Santa Clara County, California, 1994 and 2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2004 August 27, 2004:765-767.

Nakamura K. Secondary prevention of breast cancer in female Japanese citizens residing in the USA. J Cult Divers 2001;8(2):41-4.

Nguyen T, McPhee S, Lam T, Mock J. Predictors of cervical Pap smear screening awareness, intention, and receipt among Vietnamese-American women. Am J Prev Med 2002;23(3):207.

Nguyen T, Vo PH, McPhee SJ, Jenkins CN. Promoting early detection of breast cancer among Vietnamese-American women. Results of a controlled trial. Cancer 2001;91(1 Suppl):267-73.

Paskett ED, Tatum CM, D'Agostino R, Jr., Rushing J, Velez R, Michielutte R, et al. Community-based interventions to improve breast and cervical cancer screening: results of the Forsyth County Cancer Screening (FoCaS) Project. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1999;8(5):453-9.

Pike MC, Kolonel LN, Henderson BE, Wilkens LR, Hankin JH, Feigelson HS, et al. Breast cancer in a multiethnic cohort in Hawaii and Los Angeles: risk factor-adjusted incidence in Japanese equals and in Hawaiians exceeds that in whites. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2002;11(9):795-800.

Pineda MD, White E, Kristal AR, Taylor V. Asian breast cancer survival in the US: a comparison between Asian immigrants, US-born Asian Americans and Caucasians. Int J Epidemiol 2001;30(5):976-82.

Polek C, Klemm P, Hardie T, Wheeler E, Birney M, Lynch K. Asian/Pacific Islander American women: age and death rates during hospitalization for breast cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 2004;31(4):E69-74.

Prehn AW, Topol B, Stewart S, Glaser SL, O'Connor L, West DW. Differences in treatment patterns for localized breast carcinoma among Asian/Pacific islander women. Cancer 2002;95(11):2268-75.

Ralston JD, Taylor VM, Yasui Y, Kuniyuki A, al e. Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors among Chinese immigrants in Seattle. Journal of Community Health 2003;28(1):41.

Reilley BA. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and Asian/Pacific Islander Women. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1998;6(2):378-381.

Sadler GR, Dhanjal SK, Shah NB, Shah RB, Ko C, Anghel M, et al. Asian Indian women: knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward breast cancer early detection. Public Health Nurs 2001;18(5):357-63.

Sadler GR, Dong HS, Ko CM, Luu TT, Nguyen HP. Vietnamese American women: breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening adherence. Am J Health Promot 2001;15(4):211-4, ii.

Sadler GR, Ryujin LT, Ko CM, Nguyen E. Korean women: breast cancer knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. BMC Public Health 2001;1(1):7.

Sadler GR, Thomas AG, Yen JY, Dhanjal SK, Marie Ko C, Tran CH, et al. Breast cancer education program based in Asian grocery stores. J Cancer Educ 2000;15(3):173-7.

Sadler GR, Wang K, Wang M, Ko CM. Chinese women: behaviors and attitudes toward breast cancer education and screening. Womens Health Issues 2000;10(1):20-6.

Schulmeister L, Lifsey DS. Cervical cancer screening knowledge, behaviors, and beliefs of Vietnamese women. Oncol Nurs Forum 1999;26(5):879-87.

Seow A, Huang J, Straughan PT. Effects of social support, regular physician and health-related attitudes on cervical cancer screening in an Asian population. Cancer Causes and Control 2000;11(3):223-230.

Shinagawa S. Breast Cancer in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Myths and Realities. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1998;6(2):117-122.

Tam Ashing K, Padilla G, Tejero J, Kagawa-Singer M. Understanding the breast cancer experience of Asian American women. Psychooncology 2003;12(1):38-58.

Tang TS, Solomon LJ, McCracken LM. Cultural barriers to mammography, clinical breast exam, and breast self-exam among Chinese-American women 60 and older. Prev Med 2000;31(5):575-83.

Tanjasiri SP, Kagawa-Singer M, Foo MA, Chao M, Linayao-Putman I, Lor YC, et al. Breast cancer screening among Hmong women in California. J Cancer Educ 2001;16(1):50-4.

Tanjasiri SP, LeHa'uli P, Finau S, Fehoko I, Skeen NA. Tongan-American women's breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors. Ethn Dis 2002;12(2):284-90.

Tanjasiri SP, Sablan-Santos L. Breast cancer screening among Chamorro women in southern California. J Womens Health Gend Based Med 2001;10(5):479-85.

Taylor VM, Carey Jackson J, Yasui Y, Kuniyuki A, Acorda E, Marchand A, et al. Evaluation of an outreach intervention to promote cervical cancer screening among Cambodian American women. Cancer Detection and Prevention 2002;26(4):320-327.

Taylor VM, Hislop TG, Jackson JC, Tu SP, Yasui Y, Schwartz SM, et al. A randomized controlled trial of interventions to promote cervical cancer screening among Chinese women in North America. J Natl Cancer Inst 2002;94(9):670-7.

Taylor VM, Jackson JC, Schwartz SM, Tu SP, Thompson B. Cervical Cancer among Asian American Women: A Neglected Publica Health Problem? Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1996;4(4):327-342.

Taylor VM, Jackson JC, Tu SP, Yasui Y, Schwartz SM, Kuniyuki A, et al. Cervical cancer screening among Chinese Americans. Cancer Detect Prev 2002;26(2):139-45.

Tu SP, Yasui Y, Kuniyuki A, Schwartz SM, Jackson JC, Taylor VM. Breast cancer screening: stages of adoption among Cambodian American women. Cancer Detect Prev 2002;26(1):33-41.

Tu SP, Yasui Y, Kuniyuki A, Thompson B, Schwartz SM, Jackson JC, et al. Breast cancer screening among Cambodian American women. Cancer Detect Prev 2000;24(6):549-63.

Tu S-P, Taplin SH, Barlow WE, Boyko EJ. Breast cancer screening by Asian-American women in a managed care environment - an appropriate sampling frame for a dispersed population with characteristic surnames. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 1999;17(1):55-61.

Ursin G, Ma H, Wu AH, Bernstein L, Salane M, Parisky YR, et al. Mammographic density and breast cancer in three ethnic groups. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003;12(4):332-8.

Wu AH, Bernstein L. Breast Cancer among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1998;6(2):327-343.

Wu AH, Wan P, Hankin J, Tseng CC, Yu MC, Pike MC. Adolescent and adult soy intake and risk of breast cancer in Asian-Americans. Carcinogenesis 2002;23(9):1491-6.

Yang RC, Mills PK, Riordan DG. Cervical cancer among Hmong women in California, 1988 to 2000. Am J Prev Med 2004;27(2):132-8.

Yi JK. Factors associated with cervical cancer screening behavior among Vietnamese women. Journal of Community Health 1994;19(3):189.

Yu ES, Kim KK, Chen EH, Brintnall RA. Breast and cervical cancer screening among Chinese American women. Cancer Pract 2001;9(2):81-91.

Yu MY, Seetoo AD, Qu M. Challenges of identifying asian women for breast cancer screening. Oncol Nurs Forum 2002;29(3):585-7.


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