Cancer among circumpolar populations:an emerging public health concern
OBJECTIVES: To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups--Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami. METHODS: Data were extracted from national and regional statistical agencies and cancer reg...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/3e0d146d-c0b8-4681-b484-f156f948efee 2024-04-28T08:07:57+00:00 Cancer among circumpolar populations:an emerging public health concern Young, T. Kue Kelly, Janet J. Friborg, Jeppe Soininen, Leena Wong, Kai O. 2016 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/cancer-among-circumpolar-populations(3e0d146d-c0b8-4681-b484-f156f948efee).html https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.29787 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047597146&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Young , T K , Kelly , J J , Friborg , J , Soininen , L & Wong , K O 2016 , ' Cancer among circumpolar populations : an emerging public health concern ' , International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 75 . https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.29787 Arctic cancer epidemiology Indigenous people Inuit North American Indians prevention Sami article 2016 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.29787 2024-04-11T00:22:40Z OBJECTIVES: To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups--Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami. METHODS: Data were extracted from national and regional statistical agencies and cancer registries, with direct age-standardization of rates to the world standard population. For comparison, the "world average" rates as reported in the GLOBOCAN database were used. FINDINGS: Age-standardized incidence rates by cancer sites were computed for the 8 Arctic States and 20 of their northern regions, averaged over the decade 2000-2009. Cancer of the lung and colon/rectum in both sexes are the commonest in most populations. We combined the Inuit from Alaska, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland into a "Circumpolar Inuit" group and tracked cancer trends over four 5-year periods from 1989 to 2008. There has been marked increase in lung, colorectal and female breast cancers, while cervical cancer has declined. Compared to the GLOBOCAN world average, Inuit are at extreme high risk for lung and colorectal cancer, and also certain rare cancers such as nasopharyngeal cancer. Athabaskans (from Alaska and Northwest Territories) share some similarities with the Inuit but they are at higher risk for prostate and breast cancer relative to the world average. Among the Sami, published data from 3 cohorts in Norway, Sweden and Finland show generally lower risk of cancer than non-Sami. CONCLUSIONS: Cancer among certain indigenous people in the Arctic is an increasing public health concern, especially lung and colorectal cancer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Northwest Territories Nunavut sami Alaska University of Copenhagen: Research International Journal of Circumpolar Health 75 1 29787 |
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OBJECTIVES: To determine and compare the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions, with special focus on 3 cross-national indigenous groups--Inuit, Athabaskan Indians and Sami. METHODS: Data were extracted from national and regional statistical agencies and cancer registries, with direct age-standardization of rates to the world standard population. For comparison, the "world average" rates as reported in the GLOBOCAN database were used. FINDINGS: Age-standardized incidence rates by cancer sites were computed for the 8 Arctic States and 20 of their northern regions, averaged over the decade 2000-2009. Cancer of the lung and colon/rectum in both sexes are the commonest in most populations. We combined the Inuit from Alaska, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland into a "Circumpolar Inuit" group and tracked cancer trends over four 5-year periods from 1989 to 2008. There has been marked increase in lung, colorectal and female breast cancers, while cervical cancer has declined. Compared to the GLOBOCAN world average, Inuit are at extreme high risk for lung and colorectal cancer, and also certain rare cancers such as nasopharyngeal cancer. Athabaskans (from Alaska and Northwest Territories) share some similarities with the Inuit but they are at higher risk for prostate and breast cancer relative to the world average. Among the Sami, published data from 3 cohorts in Norway, Sweden and Finland show generally lower risk of cancer than non-Sami. CONCLUSIONS: Cancer among certain indigenous people in the Arctic is an increasing public health concern, especially lung and colorectal cancer. |
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Cancer among circumpolar populations:an emerging public health concern |
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Cancer among circumpolar populations:an emerging public health concern |
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Young , T K , Kelly , J J , Friborg , J , Soininen , L & Wong , K O 2016 , ' Cancer among circumpolar populations : an emerging public health concern ' , International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 75 . https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.29787 |
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