作者
Cynthia Villarreal‐Garza, Christian Aguila, Maria C Magallanes‐Hoyos, Alejandro Mohar, Enrique Bargalló, Abelardo Meneses, Eduardo Cazap, Henry Gomez, Lizbeth López‐Carrillo, Yanin Chávarri‐Guerra, Raúl Murillo, Carlos Barrios
发表日期
2013/12/1
期刊
The oncologist
卷号
18
期号
S2
页码范围
26-34
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of malignancy‐related deaths among women aged ≤45 years. There are unexplored and uncertain issues for BC in this particular group in Latin America. The aim of this study is to evaluate BC incidence and mortality among young women and related clinicopathological and survivorship aspects in this region.
Materials and Methods
Data were obtained from Globocan 2008 and the International Agency for Research on Cancer's Cancer Incidence in Five Continents series plus databases. We requested collaboration from the 12 different national cancer institutes in Latin America through SLACOM, the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology, and conducted a systematic literature review to obtain local data regarding the prevalence of BC among young women and their characteristics, outcomes, and …
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