Open AccessSpatio-Temporal Pattern of Breast Cancer - Case Study of Southern Karnataka, India
Author(s) -
B Madhu,
K. M. Srinath,
Vidyalakshmi Rajendran,
M. Prashanthi Devi,
N C Ashok,
Somanathan Balasubramanian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19042.7666
Subject(s) - breast cancer , visualization , thematic map , geography , cartography , geographic information system , spatial analysis , distribution (mathematics) , disease , data science , cancer , data mining , computer science , biology , medicine , pathology , remote sensing , mathematical analysis , genetics , mathematics
Spatio-ecological study of disease provides a framework to study the interaction of genetic, environmental, social, cultural and behavioural factors on people's health. The occurrence and interaction of these factors are different in different places, giving rise to distinct geographic or spatial variation. Diseases like breast cancer have variation both spatially and temporally. Public health practitioners can use Geographic Information System (GIS) as a visualization tool to effectively present geographic phenomenon and depict it in maps that might remain otherwise undiscovered in tabular form.