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American Indian Health: An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians

HEALTH TOPICS—CANCER

Our Health





Breast Cancer Information
(Office of Women‘s Health‚ DHHS)

Cancer ­ Arctic Health
(National Library of Medicine and University of Alaska Anchorage)

Cancer in Alaska Native Women (PDF‚ 411 KB)
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)

Cancer in Alaska Native Women: Key Points
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)

Cancer in American Indian Women (PDF‚ 281 KB)
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)

Cancer in American Indian Women: Key Points
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)


Cancer Research Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives
(Native American Cancer Initiatives‚ Inc.)

Cancers in American Indian⁄Alaska Native Women
(Office of Women's Health‚ DHHS)


Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Circle of Health for Alaskans (PDF‚ 1,753 KB)
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ DHHS)

Decline in Cancer Rate Doubles
(American Cancer Society)



Native American Healing
(American Cancer Society)

Our Stories

The Storytellers for Breast Cancer
(Native American Cancer Research)
      These Native survivor�s stories give information about breast cancer and how survivors dealt
      with their disease. The stories are written as conversations between the survivor and family
      members and discuss cancer information, treatments, and other information with
      each other.

Video Vignettes
(Native American Cancer Research)
     Over 50 survivors, healthcare workers and advocates share their stories on video tape.
     Storytellers share personal information about clinical trials, communication, treatments,
     spirituality, and other information. The videos are short and have the story text written next
     to the video.

Wendy's Story: Chemotherapy
(Native People's Circle of Hope)
     Wendy journals about her physcial and emotinal experience with chemotherapy treatments
     during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Organizations and Programs


Native American Cancer Research
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)

General Health Information

Breast Cancer Detective
(University of Michigan Medical School)

Breast Cancer - NIHSenior Health
(National Library of Medicine)

Cancer.gov - Cancer Topics
(National Cancer Institute‚ NIH)

Cancer in MedlinePlus
(National Library of Medicine)

Colorectal Cancer - NIHSenior Health
(National Library of Medicine)

Health Disparities in Cancer
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ DHHS)

Lung Cancer - NIHSenior Health
(National Library of Medicine)

Prostate Cancer - NIHSenior Health
(National Library of Medicine)

Skin Cancer - NIHSenior Health
(National Library of Medicine)

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