By Cedric Gallant Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new study suggests people who live in Nunavik are more likely to die from lung cancer. The study, published Feb. 20 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, compared lung cancer registry data involving patients in Montreal and Nunavik who were diagnosed between 2005 and 2017. The results were divided between the two main types of lung cancers: small cell and non-small cell. Approximately 80 to 85 per cent of cancers are of the non-small cell variety, according to the American Cancer Society. The study found Nunavik residents had a median survival time of 321 days versus 720 days for Montreal residents for non-small cell lung cancer. For small-cell cancer diagnoses, Nunavik residents had a median survival time of 190 days, versus 270 days for…
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