Women's Health: Cancers in Asian American Women


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Date & Location
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 12:00 PM - Friday, October 8, 2027, 11:59 AM, On Demand

Overview
In this episode, we will be joined by Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD, and Iona Cheng, PhD, MPH, both Professors of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF School of Medicine. Our discussion will focus on the rising rates of both lung and breast cancer in Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) females. We will delve into the ongoing research aimed at uncovering the risk factors and symptoms of lung cancer in never-smoking AAPI females. We will also explore the rapidly rising incidence of breast cancer in AAPI women, particularly premenopausal women less than 50 years of age, and discuss potential factors contributing to this trend.

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (0.75 hours)

Target Audience
Specialties - Oncology
Professions - Non-Physician, Physician

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

  1. Determine barriers to care for Asian American female patients who may be at risk for lung or breast cancer.
  2. Discuss family history of breast or lung cancer in order to determine risk factors with Asian American female patients.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  


Additional Information

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require accommodations, please contact the CME Office.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

References/Bibliography
1.Bajaj, S. (2024). Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking. It’s baffling scientists and leading to more research. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asian-american-women-lung-cancer-rcna138895 
2.Colliver, V. (2024). New UCSF Study to Find out What Drives Cancer in Asian Americans. University of California San Francisco. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/05/427586/new-ucsf-study-find-out-what-drives-cancer-asian-americans 
3.Gao, Y., & Heller, S. L. (2022). Health Disparity and Breast Cancer Outcomes in Asian Women. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 42(7), 1912–1924. https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220074 
4.Karia, P. S., Tehranifar, P., Visvanathan, K., Wright, J. D., & Genkinger, J. M. (2022). Cancer-Specific Mortality in Asian American Women Diagnosed with Gynecologic Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Analysis. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 31(3), 578–587. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-0829 
5.Lee, R. J., Madan, R. A., Kim, J., Posadas, E. M., & Yu, E. Y. (2021). Disparities in Cancer Care and the Asian American Population. The oncologist, 26(6), 453–460. https://doi.org/10.1002/onco.13748 
6.Torres, A. (2024). Why More Asian-American Women Are Being Diagnosed with Lung Cancer. New York-Presbyterian, Health Matters. https://healthmatters.nyp.org/why-more-asian-american-women-are-being-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer/ 

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