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Cancer survival among Alaska Native people.
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- Global breast cancer incidence, mortality, and survival among indigenous women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2026Pooled it
- "To Care for One Another on the Lands That Sustain Us": Reflective Commentaries for Land-Based Healing Among Indigenous Cancer Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Colorectal Cancer in the American Indian and Alaska Native Community: A Holistic Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Review
- Prostate cancer disparities among American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2023Article
- Choice of Survival Metric and Its Impacts on Cancer Survival Estimates for American Indian and Alaska Native People.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2023Article
- Learning Together: Sharing Circles in Rural Alaska on Cancer Education Priorities for Youth.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Article
- Characteristics of colorectal cancers among Alaska Native people before and after implementing programs to promote screening.Journal of cancer policy · 2021Article
- "The support has been brilliant": experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients attending two high performing cancer services.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Prostate cancer characteristics and cancer-specific mortality of Native American patients.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2020Article
- Invasive breast cancer among Alaska Native women in Alaska.International journal of circumpolar health · 2019Article
- Cancer Services and Their Initiatives to Improve the Care of Indigenous Australians.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent cancer survival trends among American Indian and Alaska Native (AN) people are not well understood; survival has not been reported among AN people since 2001.
methodsThis study examined cause-specific survival among AN cancer patients for lung, colorectal, female breast, prostate, and kidney cancers. It evaluated whether survival differed between cancers diagnosed in 1992-2002 (the earlier period) and cancers diagnosed in 2003-2013 (the later period) and by the age at diagnosis (<65 vs ≥65 years), stage at diagnosis (local or regional/distant/unknown), and sex. Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate univariate and multivariate-adjusted cause-specific survival for each cancer.
resultsAn improvement was observed in 5-year survival over time from lung cancer (hazard ratio [HR] for the later period vs the earlier period, 0.83; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.72-0.97), and a marginally nonsignificant improvement was observed for colorectal cancer (HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.66-1.01). Site-specific differences in survival were observed by age and stage at diagnosis.
conclusionsThis study presents the first data on cancer survival among AN people in almost 2 decades. During this time, AN people have experienced improvements in survival from lung and colorectal cancers. The reasons for these improvements may include increased access to care (including screening) as well as improvements in treatment. Improving cancer survival should be a priority for reducing the burden of cancer among AN people and eliminating cancer disparities. Cancer 2018;124:2570-7. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
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