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APC of Breast Diseases: Breast Cancer - Epidemiology, risk factors, and Genetics
1994-10-15
Abstract excerpt
Computer enhanced mammogram of a breast cancer.With 570 000 new cases in the world each year, breast cancer remains the commonest malignancy in women and comprises 18% of all female cancers.The incidence among women aged 50 approaches two per 1000 women per year, and the disease is the single commonest cause of death among women aged 40-50, accounting for about a fifth of all deaths in this age group.In the United...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cd3bd95b-1a61-5ef0-80a0-6e8406b163d3
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.309.6960.1003