Risk-adjusted female breast cancer incidence rates in the United States

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-140

  Merrill, Ray M ^a   Sloan, Arielle ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Prevalence; Risk adjusted incidence rates (RAIRs); SEER; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856287857     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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