## Abstract During recent decades, breast cancer incidence has been increasing in Japan. According to the latest reports from several cancer registries in Japan, the breast has become the leading cancer site in female cancer incidence. To analyze the trend of breast cancer incidence in detail, we s
Increasing incidence of breast cancer: distinguishing between the effects of birth cohort and a national breast screening programme
โ Scribed by Sylvia B. F. Brown; David S. Morrison; Timothy G. Cooke
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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