Pages 443-446 in B.D. Postl et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 90. Proceedings of the International Congress on Circumpolar Health, 8th, Whitehorse, Yukon, May 20-25, 1990. Arctic Medical Research 1991; Suppl.
Pages 443-446 in B.D. Postl et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 90. Proceedings of the International Congress on Circumpolar Health, 8th, Whitehorse, Yukon, May 20-25, 1990. Arctic Medical Research 1991; Suppl.
1. Rates for lung cancer in Canadian Inuit are high and increasing for both men and women; in fact they are the highest reported rates for lung cancer among any Inuit population. 2. Cervical cancer in Canadian Inuit are high but rates appear to be stable, unlike the rapidly increasing trend reported in both Alaska and Greenland. 3. Rates for traditional Inuit cancers such as those of the nasopharynx and salivary gland do not appear to be declining in Canadian Inuit. 4. Rates for colorectal cancer in Canadian Inuit are similar to those expected for the Canadian population as a whole and do not appear to be increasing. 5. Finally, cancers traditionally reported to be rare in Inuit are still rare in the Canadian Inuit population; these include breast, prostate, bladder, and endometrial cancer. Cancer is a disease which can be controlled through prevention, early detection or treatment. The following future directions arising from this work reflect this paradigm...
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From: Fortuine, Robert et al. 1993. The Health of the Inuit of North America: A Bibliography from the Earliest Times through 1990. University of Alaska Anchorage. Citation number 2153.