My first thought was about skin cancer, for those of us with less melanin it really is a big risk factor. The good thing about identifying differences in cancer rates of different ethnicities is better awareness targeting and funding at local levels.
The conclusion of the actual study doesn’t really say much:
>CONCLUSION
Though a small number of cancer sites have higher incidence
rates in Asian, Black and Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups, for the
majority of cancer sites these groups have a lower incidence than
the White population. Differing prevalence of risk factors and
access to/use of health services is likely to explain more of this
variation than are genetic factors; if risk factor prevalence changes
cancer rates may rise in minority ethnic groups, therefore action to
address key risk factors and to improve the cancer experiences
and outcomes of people in minority ethnic groups is vital.
Improving the collection of ethnicity information in healthcare
datasets will support a better understanding of differences in
disease, as well as inequalities in cancer and where improvements
in the health service can be made
I wonder how much of it has to do with diet? It would *seem* to me that a lot of Asian and Black people put a lot more emphasis on cooking good, healthy food, and they are more likely to belong to a religious group that practices vegetarianism.
Now I’m white, and a meat eater too, but if the data about red meat being a leading cause in a lot of cancers, especially cancers of the digestive system is true, then I can see this being a factor, at least.
Probably due to the systematic racism in the health service that prevents white people from receiving proper care
Because white people don’t like like wearing sun cream once the sun comes out. I’m brown, but once the sun comes out still use it and also bringing in an umbrella
This is stuff that should be acknowledged and researched, without it being politicised. That’s what’ll actually save lives, not the political arguments about whether it’s ok to recognise that different demographic groups in general have different outcomes and may need different treatment or educational approaches or that medical practitioners might need specific training to deal with different cultures or phenotypes (eg dermatology on different skin types or look at the wealth of research into how different cultures have different rates of mental health and developmental disorder misdiagnosis, sometimes because of different cultural attitudes to mental health or different presentations of symptoms (eg some cultures being more likely to manifest depression through staying extra busy rather than acting sad)). That goes for looking at White people, Asian people, Black people or any other group or any subgroup of the aforementioned groups. Thank god there are nowadays people in the medical community who don’t want to bury their head in the sand and pretend these differences don’t exist and some BS about it being better to ignore it and be “colour blind” or whatever they call it.
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Interesting read.
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I ain’t sayin owt.
My first thought was about skin cancer, for those of us with less melanin it really is a big risk factor. The good thing about identifying differences in cancer rates of different ethnicities is better awareness targeting and funding at local levels.
The conclusion of the actual study doesn’t really say much:
>CONCLUSION
Though a small number of cancer sites have higher incidence
rates in Asian, Black and Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups, for the
majority of cancer sites these groups have a lower incidence than
the White population. Differing prevalence of risk factors and
access to/use of health services is likely to explain more of this
variation than are genetic factors; if risk factor prevalence changes
cancer rates may rise in minority ethnic groups, therefore action to
address key risk factors and to improve the cancer experiences
and outcomes of people in minority ethnic groups is vital.
Improving the collection of ethnicity information in healthcare
datasets will support a better understanding of differences in
disease, as well as inequalities in cancer and where improvements
in the health service can be made
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-022-01718-5.pdf
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I wonder how much of it has to do with diet? It would *seem* to me that a lot of Asian and Black people put a lot more emphasis on cooking good, healthy food, and they are more likely to belong to a religious group that practices vegetarianism.
Now I’m white, and a meat eater too, but if the data about red meat being a leading cause in a lot of cancers, especially cancers of the digestive system is true, then I can see this being a factor, at least.
Probably due to the systematic racism in the health service that prevents white people from receiving proper care
Because white people don’t like like wearing sun cream once the sun comes out. I’m brown, but once the sun comes out still use it and also bringing in an umbrella
This is stuff that should be acknowledged and researched, without it being politicised. That’s what’ll actually save lives, not the political arguments about whether it’s ok to recognise that different demographic groups in general have different outcomes and may need different treatment or educational approaches or that medical practitioners might need specific training to deal with different cultures or phenotypes (eg dermatology on different skin types or look at the wealth of research into how different cultures have different rates of mental health and developmental disorder misdiagnosis, sometimes because of different cultural attitudes to mental health or different presentations of symptoms (eg some cultures being more likely to manifest depression through staying extra busy rather than acting sad)). That goes for looking at White people, Asian people, Black people or any other group or any subgroup of the aforementioned groups. Thank god there are nowadays people in the medical community who don’t want to bury their head in the sand and pretend these differences don’t exist and some BS about it being better to ignore it and be “colour blind” or whatever they call it.