US Cancer Mortality Trends Among Asian and Pacific Islander Populations

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Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals represent the fastest growing racial and ethnic demographic in the US and face a distinct cancer burden, with cancer surpassing heart disease as the leading cause of death for Asian American people and remaining the second leading cause of death among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people.1-3 These trends are underscored by higher incidence rates of cancers with infectious etiologies, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV)–associated liver cancers, as well as with persistently low cancer screening rates and linguistic or health literacy barriers.3

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