ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2016
Cancer among circumpolar populations: an emerging public health concern.
Article in International journal of circumpolar health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05595811 (The Outcome After Operation for Pancreatic and Periampullary Tumors in Greeland Inuit.), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Outcome After Operation for Pancreatic and Periampullary Tumors in Greeland Inuit.
Who cites it
41 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Lung cancer in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada - a scoping review.International journal of circumpolar health · 2024Article
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- Examining structural factors influencing cancer care experienced by Inuit in Canada: a scoping review.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- The results of pancreatic surgery in Inuit patients from Greenland 1999-2022.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- The Alaska Native Tumour Registry: fifty years of cancer surveillance data for Alaska Native people.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- Risk factors and communities disproportionately affected by cervical cancer in the Russian Federation: A national population-based study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2022Article
- Histologic and Genotypic Characterization of Lung Cancer in the Inuit Population of the Eastern Canadian Arctic.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Article
- Experiences of cancer rehabilitation among patients in rural areas in northern Iceland: physical and psychosocial well-being, coping, quality of life, and satisfaction with care. A qualitative study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Understanding culturally safe cancer survivorship care with inuit in an urban community.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Cancer Incidence of Finnish Sami in the Light of Exposure to Radioactive Fallout.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- High Temperature Drives Topoisomerase Mediated Chromosomal Break Repair Pathway Choice.Cancers · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo 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.
methodsData 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.
findingsAge-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.
conclusionsCancer among certain indigenous people in the Arctic is an increasing public health concern, especially lung and colorectal cancer.
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