Breast Cancer

Recent studies by E.M. Ibrahim and co-authors add new data to breast cancer findings

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 22nd, 2009

" Despite the low cancer incidence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the country must be ready to face the challenge of foreseeable increase in cancer burden attributed to growth and aging of population. This work was designed to study female breast cancer as a model to assess future cancer burden and the impact on healthcare resources," investigators in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia report.

" Cancer statistics for the KSA were compared with that for the USA. The Joinpoint regression program was used to identify changes in secular trends, while the GLOBOCAN 2002 software projected future incidence and mortality. In the KSA, the age-standardized cancer rate (ASR) is 61 per...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-01-22)

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