Open AccessGeographic variations in breast cancer mortality: do higher rates imply elevated incidence or poorer survival?
Author(s) -
James S. Goodwin,
J. L. Freeman,
Daniel Freeman,
Ann B. Nattinger
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.88.3.458
Subject(s) - breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , demography , medicine , cancer , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Mortality rates from breast cancer are approximately 25% higher for women in the northeastern United States than for women in the South or West. This study examined the hypothesis that the elevation is due to decreased survival rather than increased incidence.
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