Open AccessBreast Cancer in Iraq, Incidence Trends from 2000-2009
Author(s) -
Muzahem Al-Hashimi,
Xiang Jun Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.1.281
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , breast cancer , medicine , cancer , oncology , gynecology , physics , optics
Breast cancer is the most frequent malignancy of women worldwide. In Iraq, breast cancer ranks first among cancers diagnosed in women but no studies have been conducted on incidence trends. The present study of breast cancer in the country during 2000-2009 was therefore performed.