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Cancer prevention frameworks must evolve beyond national borders to address health equity. Integrating migration-linked risks, like those for gastric cancer, is crucial for preventing disparities in immigrant populations.

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Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Health Equity

Background:

  • Current US cancer prevention frameworks are rooted in domestic policy and national disparity concepts.
  • These frameworks often neglect malignancies linked to infection, geography, and early-life exposures, despite global evidence.
  • Migration is altering disease patterns, creating prevention gaps for cancers like gastric, liver, and cervical cancer in mobile populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a migration-informed approach to cancer equity.
  • To integrate nativity, early-life exposure, and transnational determinants into cancer prevention strategies.
  • To highlight the under-recognition of migration-linked cancer risks in domestic prevention.

Main Methods:

  • Perspective piece synthesizing global cancer epidemiology and migration studies.
  • Utilizing gastric cancer as a case study to illustrate the impact of migration-linked risks.
  • Analyzing the limitations of nationally bounded cancer prevention frameworks.

Main Results:

  • Omitting migration-linked risks leads to under-recognition of high-risk populations in low-incidence countries.
  • Existing frameworks fail to adequately address cancer prevention for immigrant and diaspora groups.
  • Global evidence for effective prevention of migration-linked cancers is not fully translated into domestic strategies.

Conclusions:

  • Achieving cancer equity requires frameworks that transcend national boundaries.
  • A migration-informed approach is essential for addressing cancer disparities in a globalized world.
  • Integrating transnational determinants into prevention design is vital for 21st-century cancer control.