CANCER OF THE FEMALE GENITAL-TRACT IN CIRCUMPOLAR INUIT

Cervical cancer incidence among Inuit is high, Especially women from G reenland exhibit rates which are among the highest in the world. Compa red with women in Denmark, USA and Canada, Inuit women have a 3-4 time higher cervical cancer risk, By contrast, the incidence of uterine co rpus cancer is low in the Circumpolar area, Both in Greenlandic and Ca nadian Inuit women, ovarian cancer rates are similar to those in Danis h women and non-Inuit women from Canada respectively, Only 9 cases of placenta cancer were recorded in the Circumpolar area during the 20 ye ars of observation. Compared with available incidence rates for Denmar k the incidence in Greenland was significantly higher.