Preventing Chronic Disease | Effect of a Liver Cancer Education Program on Hepatitis B Screening Among Asian Americans in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, 2009 - 2010 - CDC
Asian Americans have the highest incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the major form of primary liver cancer, of all ethnic groups in the United States. Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the most common cause of HCC, and as many as 1 in 10 foreign-born Asian Americans are chronically infected with HBV. We tested the effectiveness of a culturally tailored liver cancer education program for increasing screening for HBV among Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans residing in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, from November 2009 through June 2010.
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- SourceUrl: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0258.htm
- Syndication ID: 10108
- Language: English
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Date Syndication Captured: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:36 PM
- Date Syndication Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 01:19 AM
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hepatitis B virus
HBV screening
hepatocellular carcinoma
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