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Introduction to the supplement on cancer in the American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States
Author(s) -
Cobb Nathaniel,
Wingo Phyllis A.,
Edwards Brenda K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.23729
Subject(s) - cancer incidence , medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer , epidemiology , demography , population , epidemiology of cancer , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , native american , cancer registry , gerontology , environmental health , genealogy , pathology , history , physics , sociology , breast cancer , optics
The collection of papers in this Supplement combines cancer incidence data from the National Program of Cancer Registries and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, enhanced by record linkages and geographic factors, to provide a comprehensive description of the cancer burden in the American Indian/Alaska Native population in the United States. Cancer incidence rates among this population varied widely, sometimes more than 5‐fold, by geographic region. Cancer 2008;113(5 supp):1113–6. Published 2008 by the American Cancer Society.