Study Reveals Wide Breast Cancer Risk Disparities Among Asian American Subgroups

Native Hawaiian women had breast cancer incidence of 140 per 100k, 27% higher than White women, while rates rose up to 5% annually in some Asian American subgroups. Generic categories mask these differences, undermining risk-based mammography screening.

• Breast cancer incidence varied twofold across AA/NHPI groups, with Native Hawaiian women's rate 57% higher than the combined AA/NHPI average.
• Mammography screening adherence ranged from 55% in Asian Indian women to 69% in Filipino women (2015–2018).
• Annual incidence increases reached 5% in Guamanian/Chamorro, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean women.

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