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Recent trends and patterns in breast cancer incidence among Eastern and Southeastern Asian women

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2010

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9575243

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10.1007/s10552-010-9604-8

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Cancer Causes and Control. Vol 21, No.11 (2010), p.1777-1785

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Shin H.-R., Joubert C., Boniol M., Hery C., Ahn S.H., Won Y.-J., Nishino Y., Sobue T., Chen C.-J., You S.-L., Mirasol-Lumague M.R., Law S.C.-K., Mang O., Xiang Y.-B., Chia K.-S., Rattanamongkolgul S., Chen J.-G., Curado M.P., Autier P. Recent trends and patterns in breast cancer incidence among Eastern and Southeastern Asian women. Cancer Causes and Control. Vol 21, No.11 (2010), p.1777-1785. doi:10.1007/s10552-010-9604-8 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/7521

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Recent trends and patterns in breast cancer incidence among Eastern and Southeastern Asian women

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Shin H.-R.
 Joubert C.
 Boniol M.
 Hery C.
 Ahn S.H.
 Won Y.-J.
 Nishino Y.
 Sobue T.
 Chen C.-J.
 You S.-L.
 Mirasol-Lumague M.R.
 Law S.C.-K.
 Mang O.
 Xiang Y.-B.
 Chia K.-S.
 Rattanamongkolgul S.
 Chen J.-G.
 Curado M.P.
 Autier P.

Abstract

Background: Incidence of breast cancer is rising in Asian countries, and breast cancer is the most common cancer among Asian women. However, there are few recent descriptive reports on the epidemiology of breast cancer among Eastern and Southeastern Asian populations. Methods: We examined incidence trends for invasive breast cancer in women aged ≥20 years from 15 registries in Eastern (China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan) and Southeastern Asia (the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand) for the period 1993-2002 mainly using data from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Volumes VIII and IX. We compared trends in annual incidence rates and age-specific incidence curves over a 10-year period. We also compared the incidence rates of Asian-Americans with the rates of their Asian counterparts. Results: Breast cancer incidence rates increased gradually over time in all study populations. Rates were relatively high in Southeastern Asia and became progressively lower along a south-to-north gradient, with a fourfold geographic variation within the study populations. Age-specific incidence curves showed patterns that gradually changed according to incidence rates. Breast cancer incidence among Asian women living in the United States was 1.5-4 times higher than the corresponding incidence rate in the women's respective countries of origin. Conclusion: Breast cancer incidence is expected to continue to increase for the next 10 years in Asia and may approach rates reported among Asian-Americans. The number and mean age of breast cancer cases is expected to increase as the female Asian population ages, the prevalence of certain risk factors changes (early menarche, late menopause, low parity, late age at first live birth, and low prevalence of breastfeeding), and as Asian countries introduce mass screening programs. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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Adult
 Age distribution
 Aged
 Article
 Asian
 Asian American
 Breast cancer
 Breast feeding
 Cancer incidence
 Cancer registry
 China
 Controlled study
 Descriptive research
 Female
 Geographic distribution
 Geographic origin
 Human
 Japan
 Korea
 Major clinical study
 Mass screening
 Maternal age
 Menarche
 Menopause
 Parity
 Philippines
 Priority journal
 Risk factor
 Singapore
 Southeast Asia
 Taiwan
 Thailand
 Trend study
 Adult
 Aged
 Asia, Southeastern
 Asian Americans
 Asian Continental Ancestry Group
 Breast Neoplasms
 China
 Female
 Humans
 Incidence
 Japan
 Mass Screening
 Middle Aged
 Philippines
 Prevalence
 Registries
 Republic of Korea
 Risk Factors
 Singapore
 Thailand
 United States

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