{"id":125230,"date":"2025-03-10T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=125230"},"modified":"2025-03-16T22:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:59:28","slug":"native-america-calling-native-skin-cancer-study-prompts-new-concerns-about-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/10\/native-america-calling-native-skin-cancer-study-prompts-new-concerns-about-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native skin cancer study prompts new concerns about risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, March 10, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Native skin cancer study prompts new concerns about risk<\/div>\r\n Native Americans have a lower risk of developing skin cancer than their white counterparts. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajmc.com\/view\/skin-cancer-s-impact-on-american-indian-alaska-native-communities-deserves-more-consideration\">more comprehensive look at the disease<\/a> over ten years\u2019 time shows gaps in how skin cancer among Native people is counted. It also signals problems in awareness, diagnosis and treatment among people who live in poverty or in rural areas. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin the conversation look at the links between Native Americans and skin cancer, and get a reminder about what to look for.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"card border border-primary shadow-0\">\r\n<div class=\"card-body\">\r\n<h5 class=\"card-title\">Cancer in Indian Country  <\/h5>\r\nAmerican Indian and Alaska Native people have the second highest rate of skin cancer, according to a study study published in JAMA Dermatology. \r\nSource: <a href=https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamadermatology\/fullarticle\/2812869>Melanoma Incidence Rates Among Non-Hispanic American Indian\/Alaska Native Individuals, 1999-2019<\/a> (JAMA Dermatol. 2024;160(2):148\u2013155. doi:10.1001\/jamadermatol.2023.5226)\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American Indian\/Alaska Native people have the second highest rate of skin cancer after white people. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SkinCancer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SkinCancer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/melanoma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#melanoma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NativeAmerican?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NativeAmerican<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Indigenous?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Indigenous<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O22rfZfVWX\">https:\/\/t.co\/O22rfZfVWX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cancer Health (@cancerhealthmag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cancerhealthmag\/status\/1860384119647007021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n <P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drannachacon.com\">Dr. Anna Chacon<\/a> (Maya), board certified dermatologist, chief executive officer of <a href=https:\/\/www.indigenousdermatology.com>Indigenous Dermatology<\/a>, a business in Florida\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rachel-netahe-asiniwasis-md-ms-hs-frcpc-faad-853ba599\/?originalSubdomain=ca\">Dr. Rachel Asiniwasis<\/a> (Plains Cree and Saulteaux First Nations), dermatologist and clinician researcher, <a href=https:\/\/originsdermatology.com\/team-members\/dr-rachel-asiniwasis\/>operator of  Origins Dermatology<\/a> in Saskatchewan, Canada\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissa-f-buffalo\/\">Melissa Buffalo<\/a> (Meskwaki Nation), Chief Executive Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindiancancer.org\/\">American Indian Cancer Foundation<\/a>, a non-profit based in Minnesota\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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