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Review
. 2004;6(6):229-39.
doi: 10.1186/bcr932. Epub 2004 Aug 26.

The changing global patterns of female breast cancer incidence and mortality

Freddie Bray  1 , Peter McCarron, D Maxwell Parkin
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Review

The changing global patterns of female breast cancer incidence and mortality

Freddie Bray et al. Breast Cancer Res. 2004.

Abstract

One in ten of all new cancers diagnosed worldwide each year is a cancer of the female breast, and it is the most common cancer in women in both developing and developed areas. It is also the principal cause of death from cancer among women globally. We review the descriptive epidemiology of the disease, focusing on some of the key elements of the geographical and temporal variations in incidence and mortality in each world region. The observations are discussed in the context of the numerous aetiological factors, as well as the impact of screening and advances in treatment and disease management in high-resource settings.

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Figure 1
Breast cancer incidence worldwide: age-standardised rates (world population). Source: [1].
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Figure 2
Variations in breast cancer incidence in selected cancer registries: age-standardised rates (world population). Source: [2].
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Figure 3
Age-specific breast cancer incidence rates in selected cancer registries. Source: [2].
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Figure 4
Breast cancer incidence trends over time in selected cancer registries in Europe, the Americas and Asia: age-standardised rates (world population). Source: [2].
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Figure 5
Percentage change in breast cancer mortality between 1985–87 and 1995–97 in women aged 50–74 and 25–49 years in selected countries worldwide, sorted by descending order of magnitude of the change (earlier period is 1988–90 for China, later period is 1994–96 for Argentina). Source: .
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Figure 6
Incidence (a) and mortality trends (b) by age group in Sweden: truncated age-standardised rate (European population). Source: [13].
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Figure 7
Incidence (a) and mortality trends (b) by age group in Denmark: truncated age-standardised rate (European population). (c) Breast cancer age-specific mortality by birth cohort, age-cohort model parameters for the same dataset. Source: [13].
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Figure 8
Incidence (a) and mortality trends (b) by age group in Estonia; mortality trends by age group in Romania (c); mortality trends by age group in Hungary (d): truncated age-standardised rate (European population). Source: [13].
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