title: Investigation of the geographical distribution of female cancer patterns in Belgium using pattern recognition techniques.
abstract: Different multivariate methods have been applied to obtain an overview of the Belgian female cancer mortality distribution. The resulting maps and figures show the patterns of female cancer mortality to be strongly geographically determined. Two major trends can be derived namely along the north-south axis and along the east-west axis of the country. The cancer sites responsible for these patterns are identified.
authors.affiliation: Farmaceutisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thielemans
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Hopke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Quint
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Depoorter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiers
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Massart
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D003626:Data Display; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D013223:Statistics as Topic