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Shin-Ping Tu joins the VCU

March 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former Seattleite Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH, FACP, joined the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in November of 2013 as the chair of the division of general internal medicine.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, 2014, Disease Control, FACP, Komen Foundation, MPH, National Cancer Institute, VCU, Vol 33 No 12 | March 15 - March 21

Some things you should know about breast cancer, and some you can forget

January 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elisa Del Rosario Director of Grants, Education, and Advocacy

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific American, Education, Elisa Del Rosario, Komen Puget Sound, National Cancer Institute, Northwest Asian Weekly, United States, Vol 32 No 3 | January 12 - January 18, Western Washington

New research shows how Asian American women are affected differently by non-smoking rules and policies

September 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In a recent study, UC Davis researcher Elisa Tong found that the effectiveness of smoke-free regulations among Asian American women depends largely on socioeconomic status.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2008, 2009, American Legacy Foundation, Asian American, Elisa Tong, National Cancer Institute, Vol 28 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, adoption

Liver cancer among Asians and Pacific Islanders expected to surge

June 11, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Higher rates of chronic hepatitis B may explain why liver cancer cases among Asian and Pacific Islanders are expected to climb 134 percent by 2030 compared to 28 percent among non-Hispanic whites, according to a report from the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, National News Tagged With: Asian Americans, National Cancer Institute, Pacific Islanders, vol 28 no 25 | June 13 - June 19

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