Epidemiology and clinicopathologic features of breast cancer in China and the United States

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer has kept increasing since the past decades and the incidence rate is the highest among all neoplasms nowadays. China, as well as other countries, faces severe burden from the increasing population with breast cancer. This study aimed to analyze the epidemiology and clinicopathologic features of breast cancer in China and the United States (US).

Methods

Data of hospitalized patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2014 in the Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CHCAMS) were reviewed. Clinical and demographic data were extracted from medical history systems, and the sixteen-year trends were analyzed. Meanwhile, retrieved data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) dat

SUBMITTER: Qian X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10425668 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature