Global disparities in breast cancer outcomes: new perspectives, widening inequities, unanswered questions

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¹ Department of Health Promotion and Education, African Regional Health Education Centre, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Center for Global Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: folopade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.

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Mojisola Oluwasanu et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;8(8):e978-e979.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30307-7.

¹ Department of Health Promotion and Education, African Regional Health Education Centre, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Center for Global Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: folopade@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.

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Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study.
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