Female Breast Cancer Incidence among Asian and Western Populations: More Similar Than Expected

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Sung, Hyuna ^a   Rosenberg, Philip S ^a   Chen, Wan Qing ^b   Hartman, Mikael ^c,d,e   Lim, Wei Yen ^d   Chia, Kee Seng ^d   Wai Kong Mang, Oscar ^f   Chiang, Chun Ju ^g   Kang, Daehee ^h   Ngan, Roger Kai Cheong ^f,i   Tse, Lap Ah ^j   Anderson, William F ^a   Yang, Xiaohong R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Cancer Center   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^j CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEER PROGRAM; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938118488     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv107     Document Type: Article

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