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Breast Cancer
Research results from E. Vilaprinyo and co-authors update knowledge of breast cancer
April 30th, 2009
According to a study from Spain, "Breast cancer mortality has experienced important changes over the last century. Breast cancer occurs in the presence of other competing risks which can influence breast cancer incidence and mortality trends." "The aim of the present work is: 1) to assess the impact of breast cancer deaths among mortality from all causes in Catalonia (Spain), by age and birth cohort and 2) to estimate the risk of death from other causes than breast cancer, one of the inputs needed to model breast cancer mortality reduction due to screening or therapeutic interventions. The multi-decrement life table methodology was used. First, all-cause mortality...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-30)
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