Breast cancer incidence trends in European women aged 20-39 years at diagnosis
- Merlo, D F
- Ceppi, M
- Filiberti, R
- Bocchini, V
- Znaor, A
- Gamulin, M
- Primic-Žakelj, M
- Bruzzi, P
- Bouchardy Magnin, Christine
- Fucic, A
DOIAbstract
An increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women aged<40 years has been reported in recent years. Increased incidence could be partly explained by subtle detection biases, but the role of other risk factors cannot be ruled out. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the changes in temporal trends in breast cancer incidence in European women aged 20-39 years at diagnosis. Age specific breast cancer incidence rates for 17 European Cancer Registries were retrieved for the calendar period 1995-2006. Cancer registries data were pooled to reduce annual fluctuations present in single registries and increase incidence rates stability. Regression models were fitted to the data assuming that the number of cancer cases followed the ...
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