Comments on: Everything Gives You Cancer http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 8Asians.com » Cancer: Asians and the Big C http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-127599 8Asians.com » Cancer: Asians and the Big C Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:15:32 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-127599 [...] you’re a regular reader of 8Asians, you already know I lost both my parents to the big C – Cancer. Toan Lam writes this week in the Huffington Post about a phenomenon in [...] [...] you’re a regular reader of 8Asians, you already know I lost both my parents to the big C – Cancer. Toan Lam writes this week in the Huffington Post about a phenomenon in [...]

]]> By: Efren Bose http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-128970 Efren Bose Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:23:52 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-128970 There's also other issues to consider here too. Asians are notoriously known in the medical community for not seeking help with Western medicine for cancers, etc., until they've exhausted all other alternative and traditional ethnic medicine routes, and by that time, the disease has progressed for so long that it's terminal and incurable. It's really ironic given that so many Asians push their kids to go into the healthcare field, and yet Asian immigrants won't seek care--it also doesn't help if they're monolingual, unable to navigate through the horrendous insurance and cultural issues, and also sense of shame depending on the type of cancer. It also doesn't help that there's high rates of smoking, alcoholism, and other things that help push rates of cancer higher.<br><br>AANCART (I used to attend a lecture series set up by them at UCSF when I was doing my PhD work) has done some amazing work trying to get the word out for prevention and treatment, especially given their lack of money. They're an awesome group. There's also other issues to consider here too. Asians are notoriously known in the medical community for not seeking help with Western medicine for cancers, etc., until they've exhausted all other alternative and traditional ethnic medicine routes, and by that time, the disease has progressed for so long that it's terminal and incurable. It's really ironic given that so many Asians push their kids to go into the healthcare field, and yet Asian immigrants won't seek care–it also doesn't help if they're monolingual, unable to navigate through the horrendous insurance and cultural issues, and also sense of shame depending on the type of cancer. It also doesn't help that there's high rates of smoking, alcoholism, and other things that help push rates of cancer higher.

AANCART (I used to attend a lecture series set up by them at UCSF when I was doing my PhD work) has done some amazing work trying to get the word out for prevention and treatment, especially given their lack of money. They're an awesome group.

]]> By: Efren Bose http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-125846 Efren Bose Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:23:52 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-125846 There's also other issues to consider here too. Asians are notoriously known in the medical community for not seeking help with Western medicine for cancers, etc., until they've exhausted all other alternative and traditional ethnic medicine routes, and by that time, the disease has progressed for so long that it's terminal and incurable. It's really ironic given that so many Asians push their kids to go into the healthcare field, and yet Asian immigrants won't seek care--it also doesn't help if they're monolingual, unable to navigate through the horrendous insurance and cultural issues, and also sense of shame depending on the type of cancer. It also doesn't help that there's high rates of smoking, alcoholism, and other things that help push rates of cancer higher.<br><br>AANCART (I used to attend a lecture series set up by them at UCSF when I was doing my PhD work) has done some amazing work trying to get the word out for prevention and treatment, especially given their lack of money. They're an awesome group. There's also other issues to consider here too. Asians are notoriously known in the medical community for not seeking help with Western medicine for cancers, etc., until they've exhausted all other alternative and traditional ethnic medicine routes, and by that time, the disease has progressed for so long that it's terminal and incurable. It's really ironic given that so many Asians push their kids to go into the healthcare field, and yet Asian immigrants won't seek care–it also doesn't help if they're monolingual, unable to navigate through the horrendous insurance and cultural issues, and also sense of shame depending on the type of cancer. It also doesn't help that there's high rates of smoking, alcoholism, and other things that help push rates of cancer higher.

AANCART (I used to attend a lecture series set up by them at UCSF when I was doing my PhD work) has done some amazing work trying to get the word out for prevention and treatment, especially given their lack of money. They're an awesome group.

]]> By: andrew09 http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-125829 andrew09 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:39:37 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-125829 Give your dad IP-6. It's dirt cheap. Go to <a href="http://iHerb.com" rel="nofollow">iHerb.com</a> <a href="http://www.iherb.com/IP-6" rel="nofollow">http://www.iherb.com/IP-6</a><br>read the reviews. It'll lower his PSA in a snap. Also check his serum ferritin (order through his PCP) before and after the supplementation. Hope they get all well.<br><br>( source: I'm a PharmTech )<br><br>It's the food, people. Japs and Chinese eat lots of internal organs and raw meat = colon cancer. Viets eat a lot of freshwater fish which have been found to be linked with liver cancer. Operative is *a lot*. Give your dad IP-6. It's dirt cheap. Go to iHerb.com http://www.iherb.com/IP-6
read the reviews. It'll lower his PSA in a snap. Also check his serum ferritin (order through his PCP) before and after the supplementation. Hope they get all well.

( source: I'm a PharmTech )

It's the food, people. Japs and Chinese eat lots of internal organs and raw meat = colon cancer. Viets eat a lot of freshwater fish which have been found to be linked with liver cancer. Operative is *a lot*.

]]> By: timat8asians http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-125827 timat8asians Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:12:01 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-125827 Here at 8asians we received a comment back directly on this article from Grohanver:<br><br>"In the article, "Everything Gives You Cancer", one fact is not consistent with the US Census Bureau's latest updates from the 2007 American Community Survey. The article states that "a study of the five largest Asian American groups – Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese". However, Indian Americans are the third-largest Asian American ethnic group with a population of 2,765,815."<br><br>If you reference the article above you'll notice this statistic and definition comes directly from Asianweek. I'm not sure how Asianweek defines "Asian", but I agree with Grohanver that Indian Americans are indeed one of the largest ethnic group in Asian America. And while I have no statistics on cancer in Indian Americans, any family history of cancer there is a sure warning flag to go and have yourself checked regularly. Here at 8asians we received a comment back directly on this article from Grohanver:

“In the article, “Everything Gives You Cancer”, one fact is not consistent with the US Census Bureau's latest updates from the 2007 American Community Survey. The article states that “a study of the five largest Asian American groups – Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese”. However, Indian Americans are the third-largest Asian American ethnic group with a population of 2,765,815.”

If you reference the article above you'll notice this statistic and definition comes directly from Asianweek. I'm not sure how Asianweek defines “Asian”, but I agree with Grohanver that Indian Americans are indeed one of the largest ethnic group in Asian America. And while I have no statistics on cancer in Indian Americans, any family history of cancer there is a sure warning flag to go and have yourself checked regularly.

]]> By: jeffat8asians http://www.8asians.com/2009/08/20/everything-gives-you-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-125818 jeffat8asians Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:29:21 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=3605#comment-125818 Wow, talk about fitting the profiles. My dad just got diagnose with early stage prostate cancer, and my father-in-law, also Filipino, got diagnosed with elevated levels of PSA. Wow, talk about fitting the profiles. My dad just got diagnose with early stage prostate cancer, and my father-in-law, also Filipino, got diagnosed with elevated levels of PSA.

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