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Geographical distribution of breast cancer in the USSR
Author(s) -
Merabishvili V. M.,
Semiglazov V. F.,
Serova L. S.,
Buslayeva M. M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910340113
Subject(s) - breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , population , medicine , demography , cancer , distribution (mathematics) , gynecology , oncology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This work presents statistical data on breast cancer incidence in the population of the USSR and the Union republics (1970‐1980). Mortality rates for the population are also presented, together with trends in compilation of breast cancer patient contingents. The study was based on summarized data on breast cancer incidence and patient follow‐up carried out by oncological institutions.