Breast Cancer Incidence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations, 2000-2022 - Takeaways - MDSpire

Breast Cancer Incidence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations, 2000-2022

  • By

  • Scarlett Lin Gomez

  • Meg McKinley

  • Mikayla Chan

  • Katherine Lin

  • Mandi Yu

  • Steve Scoppa

  • Todd Gibson

  • Kohei Miyagi

  • Brenda Y. Hernandez

  • Anne-Michelle Noone

  • Allison Kurian

  • Iona Cheng

  • Salma Shariff-Marco

  • June 30, 2026

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    Breast cancer incidence rates among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women have shown significant increases from 2000 to 2022.

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    From 2017 to 2021, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander females had the highest annual increase in breast cancer rates at 3.3%.

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    Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer rates increased significantly among Asian American women, with Korean females showing the highest annual percentage change.

  • 4

    Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women aged 65 and older experienced a 5.5% annual increase in triple-negative breast cancer incidence from 2016 to 2019.

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    The National Cancer Institute's updated database allows for examination of breast cancer trends among disaggregated Asian American and Pacific Islander groups through 2022.

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Breast Cancer Incidence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations, 2000-2022

  • by Scarlett Lin Gomez, Meg McKinley, Mikayla Chan, Katherine Lin, Mandi Yu, Steve Scoppa, Todd Gibson, Kohei Miyagi, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Anne-Michelle Noone, Allison Kurian, Iona Cheng, Salma Shariff-Marco

  • June 30, 2026

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