Kaur J S
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Cancer. 1996 Oct 1;78(7 Suppl):1578-81.
Cancer has recently become a major health problem for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data showed that Native American survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years from cancer diagnosis are the poorest of any minority population studied. The causes for this finding are multifactorial and include a lack of awareness of cancer risks and symptoms, fatalism, and lack of access to screening services. Cancer survivors in native communities can be invaluable resources to educate others, raise cancer awareness, and most importantly prove that cancer is not always fatal.
癌症最近已成为美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民的一个主要健康问题。监测、流行病学和最终结果数据显示，美国原住民从癌症诊断起1年、3年和5年的生存率是所有研究的少数族裔中最差的。这一发现的原因是多方面的，包括对癌症风险和症状缺乏认识、宿命论以及缺乏筛查服务。原住民社区的癌症幸存者可以成为非常宝贵的资源，用于教育他人、提高癌症意识，最重要的是证明癌症并非总是致命的。
