Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States, 1988-1992

This monograph provides a concise description of the occurrence of the major cancers among several different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. The cancer experience among ethnic and racial groups varies widely across the world as well as here in the United States. The differences between groups may be related to a variety of factors including biology, heredity, and perhaps most important, behavior. The differences outlined in this monograph will help to identify clues to cancer causation as well as to ways of detecting these cancers early, treating them, and ultimately, preventing them.

This monograph was assembled through the work of Contributing Editors from the SEER registries and the SEER staff. It was published in 1996 by the Cancer Statistics Branch of the NCI. The monograph is provided inPDF format. You may use the PDFs to view or print the chapters, or you may order a printed copy of the book.