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Breast Cancer Research
Published in: Breast Cancer Research 4/2010

01-12-2010 | Short communication

Emerging breast cancer epidemic: evidence from Africa

Authors: Sally N Akarolo-Anthony, Temidayo O Ogundiran, Clement A Adebamowo

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Special Issue 4/2010

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Cancer is an increasingly important public health problem in developing countries, including Africa [1]. As public and professional awareness of the cancer problem has grown, so has interest in the pattern of disease presentation, its epidemiology and treatment outcome. To date, however, there has been limited research about breast cancer in Africa. In the absence of systematic population-based cancer registration, most information has come from small clinical and pathology case series and the bias inherent in these types of studies has influenced current understanding of the pattern and characteristics of breast cancer in Africa. …
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Metadata
Title
Emerging breast cancer epidemic: evidence from Africa
Authors
Sally N Akarolo-Anthony
Temidayo O Ogundiran
Clement A Adebamowo
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue Special Issue 4/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2737

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