LUNG CANCER AMONG INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

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Article1 May 1961LUNG CANCER AMONG INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATESMAURICE L. SIEVERS, M.D., SAMUEL L. COHEN, M.D.MAURICE L. SIEVERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL L. COHEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-5-912 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite widespread opinion that American Indians seldom develop malignancy, there is little precise information in this regard. The present report concerns a study of the occurrence of lung cancer among Indians of the southwestern United States. Data on malignancy discovered in other parts of the body have been included for comparative purposes.METHODS AND MATERIALSOne of the authors (S.L.C.) interpreted all chest x-ray films for the Phoenix Public Health Service Indian Hospital and for most of the area field units from 1954 to 1960. Information derived from this experience afforded the primary basis for this study.The Phoenix P.H.S....Bibliography1. BaumSchultz WSEA: Personal communication, 1960. Google Scholar2. Churchill ED, in Cancer, p. 170, American Cancer Society, Inc., 1956. Google Scholar3. SmithSalsburyGilliam RLDGAG: Recorded and expected mortality among the Navajo with special reference to cancer. J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 17: 77, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Kraus BS: Indian health in Arizona. Chapter VI: The disease picture. The University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, 1954. Google Scholar5. Dorn HF: Note on cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Public Health Rep. 75: 582, 1960. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Phoenix, Arizona*Received for publication November 8, 1960.From the U. S. Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.†Chief of Medical Service, USPHS Indian Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.‡Consultant in Radiology, USPHS Indian Hospital, and Radiologist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Phoenix, Ariz.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Maurice L. Sievers, M.D., USPHS Indian Hospital, 1550 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, Ariz. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2004, featuring cancer in American Indians and Alaska NativesRisk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease among Navajo Indians: Findings from the Navajo Health and Nutrition SurveyOverview of National Cancer Institute networks for cancer control research in Native American populationsOverview of National Cancer Institute networks for cancer control research in Native American populationsRespiratory Diseases in Minorities of the United StatesThe Heterogeneity of Cancer in Native American PopulationsMortality from lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in New Mexico, 1958-82.Uranium Mining and Lung Cancer in Navajo MenLung Cancer Among Navajo Uranium MinersRespiratory disease mortality in New Mexico's American Indians and Hispanics.World-wide differences in the sex ratio of bronchial carcinomaCigarette and alcohol usage by southwestern American Indians.Duodenal Ulcer among Southwestern American Indians 1 May 1961Volume 54, Issue 5Page: 912-915KeywordsDiagnostic radiologyLung and intrathoracic tumorsMedical servicesNative American peopleRadiologistsThorax Issue Published: 1 May 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...