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| Scarlett S LinSummaryAffiliation: Northern California Cancer Center Country: USA Publications
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Factors associated with missing birthplace information in a population-based cancer registryS S Lin
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, Calif, 94587, USA
Ethn Dis 11:598-605. 2001..For birthplace data to be useful, completeness needs to be improved at the level of the diagnosing facility...
Socioeconomic status, immigration/acculturation, and ethnic variations in breast conserving surgery, San Francisco Bay areaScarlett L Gomez
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
Ethn Dis 14:134-40. 2004..This study explored the joint influences of socioeconomic, immigration/acculturation, and clinical factors on ethnic differences in breast cancer surgery for early-stage disease...
Hospital policy and practice regarding the collection of data on race, ethnicity, and birthplaceScarlett Lin Gomez
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1685-8. 2003
Cancer incidence patterns in Koreans in the US and in Kangwha, South KoreaScarlett Lin Gomez
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:167-74. 2003..In the US, Koreans are a rapidly growing group and comprised 10.5% of the total Asian population as of 2000. However, little has been published regarding cancer patterns in this subpopulation...
Studying cancer incidence and outcomes in immigrants: methodological concernsScarlett S Lin
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City 94587, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1757-9. 2002
Breast cancer characteristics of Vietnamese women in the Greater San Francisco Bay AreaScarlett S Lin
Northern California Cancer Center, 32960 Alvarado Niles Rd, Ste 600 Union City, CA 94587, USA
West J Med 176:87-91. 2002..To examine breast cancer characteristics of women of Vietnamese ancestry living in the San Francisco Bay Area in comparison with those of other racial or ethnic groups in the same area...
Survival differences among Asian subpopulations in the United States after prostate, colorectal, breast, and cervical carcinomasScarlett S Lin
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, California
Cancer 94:1175-82. 2002..The heterogeneity of cancer outcomes observed within the community classified as Asian reinforces the need for cancer statistics to be reported for disaggregated subgroups...
Reliability of self-reported reproductive factors and childhood social class indicators in a case-control study in womenScarlett S Lin
Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA 94587, USA
Ann Epidemiol 12:242-7. 2002..However, inclusion of subjects at lower socioeconomic status may result in lower reliability for some interview responses...
Bias in completeness of birthplace data for Asian groups in a population-based cancer registry (United States)Scarlett L Gomez
Northern California Cancer Center, 32960 Alvarado Niles Road, Suite 600, Union City, CA 94587, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:243-53. 2004..4, 95% CI = 1.9-459.9). These results suggest that cancer registry birthplace data for Asians should not be used if they continue to be differentially incomplete for a large proportion of the subjects...
Birthplace and survival among Asian women diagnosed with breast cancer in cancer registry data: the impact of selection biasScarlett S Lin
Int J Epidemiol 31:511-3; author reply 513. 2002
