Breast Cancer Challenges and Screening in China: Lessons From Current Registry Data and Population Screening Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As one of its responses to the increasing global burden of breast cancer (BC), China has deployed a national registration and BC screening campaign. The present report describes these programs and the initial results of these national BC control strategies, highlighting the challenges to be considered.

Materials and methods

The primary BC incidence and prevalence data were obtained from the Chinese National Central Cancer Registry. MapInfo software was used to map the geographic distribution and variation. The time trends were estimated by the annual percentage of change from 2003 to 2009. The description of the screening plans and preliminary results were provided by the Ministry of Health.

Results

Chinese cancer registries were primarily developed and act

SUBMITTER: Song QK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4492227 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature