Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007
Objectives: To describe the occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers within the Alaska Native (AN) population. Study design: Population-based analysis utilizing a tumor registry and comparative population data. Methods: Pancreaticobiliary cancers rates for AN people during 19...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7a4a7b49629244b0ab9f501069c73b24 2023-05-15T15:09:54+02:00 Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 Steven R. Alberts Janet J. Kelly Ramkumar Ashokkumar Anne P. Lanier 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17521 https://doaj.org/article/7a4a7b49629244b0ab9f501069c73b24 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/17521/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17521 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/7a4a7b49629244b0ab9f501069c73b24 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-10 (2012) Alaska Native American Indian pancreatic cancer biliary tract cancer gallbladder cancer epidemiology Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/IJCH.v71i0.17521 2022-12-31T08:53:46Z Objectives: To describe the occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers within the Alaska Native (AN) population. Study design: Population-based analysis utilizing a tumor registry and comparative population data. Methods: Pancreaticobiliary cancers rates for AN people during 1973–2007 were determined from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) AN Tumor Registry. Cancer incidence rates were age-adjusted to the World Standard Million and compared over 2 time periods with US white and black rates. Results: During 1973–2007, 213 AN people developed pancreatic cancer, 73 gallbladder cancer and 61 biliary tract cancer. Pancreatic cancer occurs at similar rates in AN men and women, but data for 1993–2007 indicate that the rates among AN men may be increasing. The incidence rate in AN women (9.5/100,000) was statistically higher than in US white women (5.8/100,000). The incidence for biliary tract cancer in AN men and gallbladder cancer in AN men and women is statistically higher than that for US whites and blacks. Conclusions: Pancreaticobiliary cancers, particularly biliary tract and gallbladder cancers, in both AN men and women and pancreatic cancer in women occur at an increased rate in AN people. Risk factors relating to the elevated rate are discussed. Certain factors are potentially modifiable, such as the use of tobacco and obesity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Indian International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 17521 |
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Objectives: To describe the occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers within the Alaska Native (AN) population. Study design: Population-based analysis utilizing a tumor registry and comparative population data. Methods: Pancreaticobiliary cancers rates for AN people during 1973–2007 were determined from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) AN Tumor Registry. Cancer incidence rates were age-adjusted to the World Standard Million and compared over 2 time periods with US white and black rates. Results: During 1973–2007, 213 AN people developed pancreatic cancer, 73 gallbladder cancer and 61 biliary tract cancer. Pancreatic cancer occurs at similar rates in AN men and women, but data for 1993–2007 indicate that the rates among AN men may be increasing. The incidence rate in AN women (9.5/100,000) was statistically higher than in US white women (5.8/100,000). The incidence for biliary tract cancer in AN men and gallbladder cancer in AN men and women is statistically higher than that for US whites and blacks. Conclusions: Pancreaticobiliary cancers, particularly biliary tract and gallbladder cancers, in both AN men and women and pancreatic cancer in women occur at an increased rate in AN people. Risk factors relating to the elevated rate are discussed. Certain factors are potentially modifiable, such as the use of tobacco and obesity. |
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Steven R. Alberts Janet J. Kelly Ramkumar Ashokkumar Anne P. Lanier |
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Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 |
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Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 |
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Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 |
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Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 |
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Occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in Alaska Native people, 1973–2007 |
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occurrence of pancreatic, biliary tract, and gallbladder cancers in alaska native people, 1973–2007 |
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Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Alaska |
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