Her mom’s lung cancer was caught too late. It’s part of a pattern in Nunavik
Nearly 17 years after her mother's death, Natasha Ita MacDonald, from Kuujjuarapik in northern Quebec, still wonders if she could have...
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AI Virtual Biopsy Aids Doctors in Lung Cancer Assessment
Imperial researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to extract information about the chemical makeup of lung tumours from medical scans.For...
Health care inequities behind shorter life spans for Inuit from Nunavik, Quebec, with lung cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People living in the Inuit region of Nunavik in northern Quebec die earlier after a diagnosis...
Lung Cancer Survival Rates Among Inuit Residents in Nunavik and Montreal
A recent study conducted by the Canadian Medical Association Journal has unveiled a significant disparity in lung cancer survival rates...
Lung Cancer Survival Worse Among Canadian Inuit in Quebec
Residents of an Inuit territory in Canada have worse survival following a diagnosis of lung cancer than similar patients living...
Air Pollution Tied to Rise in Heart, Lung Disease Hospitalizations
Two new studies suggest no safe air quality threshold exists for heart and lung healthShort and long term exposure to...
Study highlights health care disparities for Nunavik Inuit inhabitants with lung cancer
People living in the Inuit region of Nunavik in northern Quebec die earlier after a diagnosis of lung cancer than...
Health care inequities behind shorter life spans for Inuit from Nunavik with lung cancer
A new study shows that people living in the Inuit region of Nunavik in northern Quebec die earlier after a...
Healthcare Disparity Shortens Nunavik Inuit’s Lung Cancer Lifespan
People living in the Inuit region of Nunavik in northern Quebec die earlier after a diagnosis of lung cancer than...
