Inuit Are Protected Against Prostate Cancer Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention
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Inuit are protected against prostate cancer.
Incidence and mortality rates for prostate cancer are reported to be low among Inuit, but this finding must be additionally supported given the difficulty of obtaining a precise medical diagnosis in the Arctic. We conducted an autopsy study in 1990-1994 among 61 deceased males representative of all deaths occurring in Greenland and found only one invasive prostate cancer. Histological data were...
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تاریخ انتشار 2005