Does the risk of stomach cancer remain among second-generation immigrants in Sweden?

Seyed Mohsen Mousavi; Kristina Sundquist; Kari Hemminki

doi:10.1007/s10120-011-0096-3

Does the risk of stomach cancer remain among second-generation immigrants in Sweden?

Gastric Cancer. 2012 Apr;15(2):213-5. doi: 10.1007/s10120-011-0096-3. Epub 2011 Oct 1.

Authors

Seyed Mohsen Mousavi¹, Kristina Sundquist, Kari Hemminki

Affiliation

¹ Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), CO50, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. m.mousavi@dkfz.de

PMID: 21964647
DOI: 10.1007/s10120-011-0096-3

Abstract

The observed increased risks of noncardia stomach cancer among foreign-born second-generation immigrants compared to the Swedes suggest that these immigrants were infected by Helicobacter pylori before immigration.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Emigrants and Immigrants / statistics & numerical data*
Helicobacter Infections / complications*
Helicobacter Infections / epidemiology
Helicobacter pylori*
Humans
Incidence
Risk
Stomach Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Stomach Neoplasms / etiology
Sweden / epidemiology