Article: Recent changes in breast cancer incidence and risk factor prevalence in San Francisco Bay area and California women: 1988 to 2004.(Research article)

Authors: Theresa HM Keegan (corresponding author) [1,2]; Ellen T Chang [1,2]; Esther M John [1,2]; Pamela L Horn-Ross [1,2]; Margaret R Wrensch [3]; Sally L Glaser [1,2]; Christina A Clarke [1,2]

Introduction

A striking feature of breast cancer epidemiology is its geographic variation in occurrence, with differences in invasive breast cancer incidence as high as 10-fold internationally [1] and two-fold among counties within the US [2]. At the highest end of these spectrums are incidence rates for non-Hispanic white women living in the San Francisco Bay area (SFBA) of California. Recently reported rates for this population were higher than those for ...

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