Forecast of a future leveling of the incidence trends of female breast cancer in Taiwan: an age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Taiwan. The age-standardized incidence rate has doubled in just 20 years, causing considerable concern to health professionals and the general public. This study used an ensemble of age-period-cohort models to estimate breast cancer incidence trends in Taiwan from 1997 to 2016 and project trends up to 2035. The (truncated) world standard population (World Health Organization 2000) proportions (age groups: 25-29, 30-34, …, 80-84, and older than 85 years) were used to calculate age-standardized incidence rates. The age-standardized incidence rate from 1997 (60.33/100,000 population) to 2016 (128.20/100,000 population) increased rapidly. The projection is that the increase in the age-standardized incidence will subsequently slow and exhib

SUBMITTER: Chen YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9304355 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature