scholarly journals Kidney Cancer Incidence and Mortality Among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1990–2009

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (S3) ◽  
pp. S396-S403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Hannah K. Weir ◽  
Melissa A. Jim ◽  
Sallyann M. King ◽  
Reda Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Kidney Cancer ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Incidence And Mortality

scholarly journals Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Trends among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 2010–2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1604-1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie C. Melkonian ◽  
Melissa A. Jim ◽  
Donald Haverkamp ◽  
Charles L. Wiggins ◽  
Jeffrey McCollum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives

scholarly journals Lung cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004

Cancer ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 113 (S5) ◽  
pp. 1168-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Bliss ◽  
Nathaniel Cobb ◽  
Teshia Solomon ◽  
Kym Cravatt ◽  
Melissa A. Jim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lung Cancer ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Lung Cancer Incidence

scholarly journals Trends in Cancer Incidence Among American Indians and Alaska Natives and Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States, 1999–2015

Epidemiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer V. Gopalani ◽  
Amanda E. Janitz ◽  
Sydney A. Martinez ◽  
Pamela Gutman ◽  
Sohail Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives

Breast Cancer

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy E Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
United States ◽  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
Hormone Replacement ◽  
Breast Cancer Incidence ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Stage Iv Breast Cancer ◽  
Incidence And Mortality

Invasive breast cancer, the most common nonskin cancer in women in the United States, will be diagnosed in 266,120 In 2018, along with 63,960 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. Incidence and mortality reached a plateau and appear to be dropping in both the United States and parts of western Europe. This decline has been attributed to several factors, such as early detection through the use of screening mammography and appropriate use of systemic adjuvant therapy, as well as decreased use of hormone replacement therapy. However, the global burden of breast cancer remains great, and global breast cancer incidence increased from 641,000 in 1980 to 1,643,000 in 2010, an annual rate of increase of 3.1%. This chapter examines the etiology, epidemiology, prevention, screening, staging, and prognosis of breast cancer. The diagnoses and treatments of the four stages of breast cancer are also included. Figures include algorithms used for the systemic treatment of stage IV breast cancer and hormone therapy for women with stage IV breast cancer. Tables describe selected outcomes from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) P-1 and P-2 chemoprevention trials, tamoxifen chemoprevention trials for breast cancer, the TNM staging system and stage groupings for breast cancer, some commonly used adjuvant chemotherapy regimens, an algorithm for suggested treatment for patients with operable breast cancer from the 2011 St. Gallen consensus conference, guidelines for surveillance of asymptomatic early breast cancer survivors from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and newer agents for metastatic breast cancer commercially available in the United States. This review contains 2 highly rendered figures, 8 tables, and 108 references.

American Indians fitting into Medical School

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Apanakhi Buckley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Medical School ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Native Women ◽  
Indian Health

This paper describes a qualitative study of how indigenous people experience medical school in the United States. Nine American Indians and Alaska Natives participated in the study: five women and four men. They came from eight different tribes, but they have asked me to protect their confidentiality, so I will not identify their tribes. Their ages ranged from 27 to 39. Five of them had children. Two of them were unmarried.In the United States, the need for indigenous physicians is great. Twice as many American Indians die from homicide and suicide as non-Indians in the United States (Wallace, Kirk, Houston, Amnest, and Emrich, 1993); three times as many die from accidents and more than four times as many die from alcoholism (Indian Health Service, 1996). Diabetes is rampant among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Women are the hardest hit (Gilliland, Gilliland, and Carter; 1997). More than five times as many American Indian and Alaska Native women die from diabetes than non-Latina white women.

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