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Breast Cancer
Scientists at National Cancer Institute target breast cancer
January 22nd, 2009
"Increases in the incidence of postmenopausal breast cancers have been linked to screening and menopausal hormone use, but younger women have received less attention. Thus, we analyzed trends in breast cancer incidence (N = 387 231) using the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program 13-Registry database (1992-2004)," researchers in the United States report. "Whites had higher incidence rates than blacks after age 40 years, but the reverse was true among younger women (black-white crossover). Among younger women, the rate per 100 000 woman-years was 16.8 for black vs 15.1 for white women; the highest black-white incidence rate ratio...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-22)
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