Open AccessCancer incidence and associations with known risk and protective factors: the Alaska EARTH study
Author(s) -
Sarah H. Nash,
Gretchen Day,
Garrett Zimpelman,
Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka,
Kathryn R. Koller
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ccc. cancer causes and control/ccc, cancer causes and control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.073
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-7225
pISSN - 0957-5243
DOI - 10.1007/s10552-019-01216-9
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , cancer , cancer incidence , environmental health , public health , pathology , physics , optics
Cancer is the leading cause of mortality among Alaska Native (AN) people. The Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) cohort was established to examine risk and protective factors for chronic diseases, including cancer, among AN people. Here, we describe the cancer experience of the Alaska EARTH cohort in relation to statewide- and region-specific tumor registry data, and assess associations with key cancer risk factors.