Melissa A JimSummaryAffiliation: Indian Health Service Country: USA Publications
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Primary liver cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, US, 1999-2004Melissa A Jim
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 113:1244-55. 2008....- Methods for improving cancer surveillance data in American Indian and Alaska Native populationsDavid K Espey
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Cancer 113:1120-30. 2008..This article describes the data sources and methods that were used to address this misclassification and to produce the cancer statistics used by most of the articles in this supplement... - Cancer in American Indian and Alaska Native young adults (ages 20-44 years): US, 1999-2004Hannah K Weir
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Cancer 113:1153-67. 2008..An examination of cancer incidence patterns in American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) young adults may provide insight into their present and future cancer burden... - Impact of hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy prevalence on rates of cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer among American Indian and Alaska Native women, 1999-2004Charlene A Wong
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Cancer Causes Control 22:1681-9. 2011..To present more accurate incidence rates of cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer by geographic region in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women... 
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska NativesDavid K Espey
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cancer 110:2119-52. 2007..S. The 2007 report features a comprehensive compilation of cancer information for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN)...
Cancers of the urinary tract among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004Robin Taylor Wilson
Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
Cancer 113:1213-24. 2008..Using a database with improved classification for AI/AN, the authors described patterns of these 2 cancers among AI/AN and non-Hispanic whites (NHW) in the United States...- Regional differences in cervical cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004Thomas M Becker
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon 97202 3098, USA
Cancer 113:1234-43. 2008..However, accurate determinations of cervical cancer incidence in AI/AN women have been hampered by racial misclassification in central cancer registries... - Prostate cancer incidence among American Indian and Alaska Native men, US, 1999-2004Jeffrey A Henderson
Black Hills Center for American Indian Health, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
Cancer 113:1203-12. 2008..To the authors' knowledge, little is known concerning prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in AI/AN men... - Incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004Marsha E Reichman
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Cancer 113:1256-65. 2008.... - Gallbladder cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives, US, 1999-2004Shannon M Lemrow
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer 113:1266-73. 2008..Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is rare; however, it disproportionately affects the American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) population. The purpose of the study was to characterize GBC among AI/AN in the US population... - Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004Charles L Wiggins
New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 0001, USA
Cancer 113:1142-52. 2008..However, the misclassification of race for AI/AN cancer cases in central cancer registries may have led to underestimates of the AI/AN cancer burden in previous reports... - Lung cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004Anne Bliss
Chronic Disease Services, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Cancer 113:1168-78. 2008..Smoking, the predominant cause of lung cancer, is particularly prevalent among this population... - Regional differences in colorectal cancer incidence, stage, and subsite among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004David G Perdue
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Cancer 113:1179-90. 2008..Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), but misclassification of race causes underestimates of disease burden...