Abstract

The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated more than 1.8 million new cancer cases in the US in 2020, and about 1.7 million cancer survivors. This chapter presents information on childhood, adolescent and young adult (AYA), and adult cancers in American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Clinical trials are the best source for state-of-the art care, but Indigenous Peoples, especially Indigenous children and adolescents, are under-represented in cancer clinical trials. Community-engaged examples highlight a program in South Dakota to increase American Indian enrollment in clinical trials, a study to increase cancer screening among Hopi men, a website for Native cancer survivors, and a project to improve colorectal cancer screening among Alaska Natives.

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