Tuesday 7 February 2012

The decline in breast cancer mortality in Europe

The decline in breast cancer mortality in Europe: An update to 2009. The Breast, Vol. 21(1), Feb. 2012, p. 77-82.

Bosetti, C., et al.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977611001688

We updated trends in breast cancer mortality in Europe up to the late 2000’s. In the EU, age-adjusted (world standard population) breast cancer mortality rates declined by 6.9% between 2002 and 2006, from 17.9 to 16.7/100,000. The largest falls were in northern European countries, but more recent declines were also observed in central and eastern Europe.