Incidence and Mortality in Breast Cancer: Are We Doing Better?
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https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v2i3.40Keywords:
Breast cancer, Epidemiology, Incidence, Mortality, Time trendsAbstract
Breast cancer in women is a major health problem: each year, more than 1 million new cases are diagnosed worldwide. One in 8 women will be confronted with breast cancer during her lifetime. The objective of this review is to present an overview of the epidemiology of breast cancer i.e. the incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer. In other words, how often does breast cancer occur and how often it is lethal? The geographical variation and the evolution over time are discussed - are we now doing better than 10 or 20 years ago? Possible ways of preventing breast cancer are also presented.
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