ABSTRACT
Recently published epidemiological investigations have revealed signi cant variation in international cancer incidence rates. The most remarkable differences in these rates are seen between Indians living in India and around the world compared with the U.S. white population. The data reveal a lower rate of incidence for most cancers for Indians living in India and increasing rates for Indians living in the United Kingdom or in the United States. The U.S. white population was found to have the highest incidence of cancer overall. Rastogi et al. (2008a,b) found the total cancer incidence rates to be the lowest in India with 111 per 100,000 for men and 116 for women. In contrast, the rates for the U.S. white population are 362 and 296 per 100,000 for men and women, respectively. For Indians living outside of India the rates increase but do not reach the rates observed in the U.S. white population. In the United Kingdom the rate of incidence for the Indian population increases to 173 and 179 and in the United States those rates range between 152 and 176 and 142 and 164 per 100,000 for men and women, respectively.
