Open AccessBreast Cancer Clustering in Kanagawa, Japan: A Geographic Analysis
Author(s) -
Kayoko Katayama,
Kazuhito Yokoyama,
Hiroko Yako-Suketomo,
Naoyuki Okamoto,
Toshiro Tango,
Yutaka Inaba
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.2014.15.1.455
Subject(s) - demography , breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , cancer registry , population , cancer , gynecology , physics , sociology , computer science , optics , programming language
The purpose of the present study was to determine geographic clustering of breast cancer incidence in Kanagawa Prefecture, using cancer registry data. The study also aimed at examining the association between socio-economic factors and any identified cluster.