Rates of colorectal cancer in certain parts of rural Alaska are up to 2.5 times as high as the state average, according to a new report. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Rates of colorectal cancer in certain parts of rural Alaska are up to 2.
The results point to a need for more early screening in those rural areas, the report said: “Effective screening programs should result in more cancers being found early, thus late-stage cancer rates should decrease.” For colorectal cancer, rates were highest in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, the report shows. The region has a case rate calculated at 102.4 per 100,000 people over the five-year study period, compared to the state average of 41.3 per 100,000, the report said. Rates over the period were high in Northwestern and Interior Alaska as well, calculated at 79.5 and 56.8 per 100,000 respectively, the report said.
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