Inuit people living in northern Quebec’s Nunavik region are dying earlier from lung cancer than Montreal residents being treated at the same cancer center in Montreal, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. All Nunavik residents are treated at McGill University Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal due to limited resources in the region. The study found that Nunavik residents had shorter survival times after lung cancer diagnosis than Montreal residents, even after accounting for other differences between the two groups. Chronic underfunding and under-resourcing of Nunavik’s health care services were identified as possible reasons for these disparities. The study recommends various actions to improve lung cancer survival for Nunavik Inuit.
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Health care inequities behind shorter life spans for Inuit from Nunavik, Quebec, with lung cancer
