Few Asian-American women participate in cancer treatment trials. In a pilot study to assess barriers to participation, we mailed surveys to 132 oncologists and interviewed 19 Asian-American women with cancer from Northern California. Forty-four oncologists responded. They reported as barriers language problems, lack of culturally relevant cancer information, and complex protocols. Most stated t...

Many older American cities lost population during the last three decades of the twentieth century, but while cities such as Boston or New York saw numbers of dwelling units remain stable or even increase, others such as Buffalo, St. Louis, Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh lost large fractions of their dwelling units. This study decomposes decadal population changes from 1970 through 2000 for ...

Asian American men and women have been largely neglected in previous studies of romantic relationship formation and status. Using data from the first and fourth waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we examine romantic and sexual involvement among young adults, most of who were between the ages of 25 to 32 (N=11,555). Drawing from explanations that...

the increasing prevalence rate of breast cancer among asian-american women shows the more significant role of lifestyle factors in etiology than genetic factors. the search engine pubmed was used for searching related paper by “breast cancer”, “soy”, “isoflavones”, “phytoestrogen” as the key words. we selected papers which published during 1990 to 2012. various experimental studies reported the...

BACKGROUND A limited number of studies suggest that ambient temperature contributes to suicide; these studies typically focus on a single nation and use temporally and spatially aggregated data. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the association between ambient temperature and suicide in multiple cities in three East Asian countries. METHODS A time-stratified case-crossover method was used to explore t...

BACKGROUND Although a number of studies have discussed rhinoplasty of the Asian nose, few have focused specifically on the Asian-American nose, which incorporates characteristics from various Asian nationalities and/or ethnic groups. OBJECTIVE The authors propose a classification system for aesthetic correction of the Asian-American nose and outline surgical techniques with general applicatio...