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Breast cancer
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Estimated incidence of breast cancer throughout the world in 2002

Remarks

The map shows rates estimated for the different countries based on existing sources of information. These vary widely in terms of coverage, quality and reliability.

Information about the sources of data and the methods of estimation used per country is available at IARC.

The Greenland estimate (not included in GLOBOCAN 2002) was derived from Friborg et al., 2003.

Also see Boysen et al., 2008.

Pisani P. Breast cancer - Estimated incidence of breast cancer throughout the world in 2002. In: EUPHIX, EUphact. Bilthoven: RIVM, <http://www.euphix.org>  EUphact\ Health Status\ Diseases, disorders, injuries\ Cancer\ Breast cancer, 2 June 2008.

EUPHIX, version 1.11, 17 December 2009
© RIVM, Bilthoven.


Literature and data sources

Literature and data sources

Boysen T, Friborg J, Andersen A, Poulsen GN, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. The Inuit cancer pattern-The influence of migration.  Int J Cancer, 2008.
Friborg J, Koch A, Wohlfarht J, Storm HH, Melbye M. Cancer in Greenlandic Inuit 1973-1997: a cohort study.  Int J Cancer, 2003; 107(6): 1017-1022.

Data sources

IARC. The GLOBOCAN 2002 database.