Female breast cancer.
Breast cancer represents, among females, the most important cancer site, in terms of incidence and mortality. Temporal trends have been computed in the database of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (pool AIRT) including 58,862 cases and 20,659 deaths during the period 1986-1997. Incidence was increasing and standardised rates increase by, on average, 1.7% every year. Such increase may be partially due to the implementation of organised screening programmes. Mortality was increasing up to 1989, then it statistically significantly decreased.
Registro tumori toscano, UO Epidemiologia clinica e descrittiva, CSPO Isituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Firenze.
Eugenio
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Paci
Franco
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Pannelli
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies