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Incidence Rate of Breast Cancer in Young Women

Year: 2013

Type: letter

Abstract: The article by Dr Johnson and colleagues 1 demonstrated an increase in the advanced breast cancer incidence in women younger than 40 years. As illustrated in Figure The largest increases were observed for black women, followed by white women (APCs of 3.48 and 2.67, respectively).

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.6461

Authors: Parisa Tehranifar, Tomi F. Akinyemiju, Mary Beth Terry

Institution: Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Prevent Cancer Foundation, National Cancer Institute