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Africa

• African Health Sciences
  • Clustering time trends of breast cancer incidence in Africa: a 27-year longitudinal study in 53 countries [2021]

• Journal of Global Health
  • Estimating the incidence of breast cancer in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2018]

Algeria

• Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
  • Epidemiology of breast cancer in women based on diagnosis data from oncologists and senologists in Algeria [2020]

Arab countries

• International Journal of Surgery
  • Age at diagnosis of breast cancer in Arab nations [2010]

Arctic countries

• International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  • Breast cancer in the Arctic – changes over the past decades [2012]

Asia

• Breast Care
  • Current Status and Future Projections of Breast Cancer in Asia [2015]

• Cancer
  • The Prevalence and Assessment of ErbB2-Positive Breast Cancer in Asia [2010]

• Cancer Management and Research
  • Recent insights into breast cancer incidence trends among four Asian countries using age-period-cohort model [2019]

• Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Female Breast Cancer Incidence Among Asian and Western Populations: More Similar Than Expected [2015]

• Scientific Reports
  • Trends and Projections in Breast Cancer Mortality among four Asian countries (1990–2017): Evidence from five Stochastic Mortality Models [2020]

Australia

• BMC Cancer
  • A population-based study of breast cancer prevalence in Australia: predicting the future health care needs of women living with breast cancer [2014]

• Cancer Australia
  • Report to the Nation - breast cancer 2012 [2012]

Australia, Japan

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Comparative Analysis of Breast Cancer Incidence Rates between Australia and Japan: Screening Target Implications [2020]

Austria

• Scientific Reports
  • Trends in female breast cancer incidence, mortality, and survival in Austria, with focus on age, stage, and birth cohorts (1983-2017) [2022]

Bahamas

• Breast Cancer : Basic and Clinical Research
  • Breast Cancer in the Bahamas in 2009–2011 [2016]

Bahrain

• Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
  • Epidemiology of Breast Cancer among Bahraini Women: Data from the Bahrain Cancer Registry [2014]

Brazil

• BMC Public Health
  • Temporal trends in female breast cancer mortality in Brazil and correlations with social inequalities: ecological time-series study [2015]

• BMC Women's Health
  • The role of health policy in the burden of breast cancer in Brazil [2017]

• Frontiers in Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Mortality in Young Women in Brazil [2021]

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Epidemiological Analyses Reveal a High Incidence of Breast Cancer in Young Women in Brazil [2021]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Ethnoracial and social trends in breast cancer staging at diagnosis in Brazil, 2001–14: a case only analysis [2019]

• Revista da Associaçăo Médica Brasileira
  • Female breast cancer mortality in Brazil and its regions [2014]

• Scientific Reports
  • Effects of the high-inequality of income on the breast cancer mortality in Brazil [2019]

Canada

• Canadian Cancer Society
  • Breast cancer statistics

• Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • The incidence of breast cancer in Canada 1971–2015: trends in screening-eligible and young-onset age groups [2020]

Central African Republic

• BMC Public Health
  • Epidemiology of breast cancer: retrospective study in the Central African Republic [2016]

Central and South America

• Cancer Epidemiology
  • Female breast cancer in Central and South America [2016]

China

• BMC Public Health
  • Historical trends in breast Cancer among women in China from age-period-cohort modeling of the 1990–2015 breast Cancer mortality data [2020]

• Cancer Biology & Medicine
  • Breast cancer incidence and mortality in women in China: temporal trends and projections to 2030 [2021]

• Chinese Medical Journal
  • Global and regional trends in incidence and mortality of female breast cancer and associated factors at national level in 2000 to 2019 [2022]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Analysis on Incidence and Mortality Trends and Age-Period-Cohort of Breast Cancer in Chinese Women from 1990 to 2019 [2023]

• Medicine
  • Epidemiological and Clinicopathological Trends of Breast Cancer in Chinese Patients During 1993 to 2013 [2015]

China, Japan, Republic of Korea

• BMC Cancer
  • Burden, trends, and risk factors for breast cancer in China from 1990 to 2019 and its predictions until 2034: an up-to-date overview and comparison with those in Japan and South Korea [2022]

Croatia

• Oncologist
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Effects on Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Croatia: A Population- and Registry-Based Study [2021]

Cyprus

• Data in Brief
  • Epidemiology of breast cancer in Cyprus: Data on newly diagnosed cases and survival rates [2018]

Denmark

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Divergent estrogen receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer trends and etiologic heterogeneity in Denmark [2013]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Incidence of metachronous contralateral breast cancer in Denmark 1978–2009 [2014]

Developing countries

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Trend of disease burden and risk factors of breast cancer in developing countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [2023]

East and South Asia

• Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Breast Cancer Mortality Trends and Predictions to 2030 and Its Attributable Risk Factors in East and South Asian Countries [2022]

East Asia

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Secular Trends of Breast Cancer in China, South Korea, Japan and the United States: Application of the Age-Period-Cohort Analysis [2015]

Eastern Mediterranean

• BMC Women's Health
  • Incidence trend of breast Cancer in women of eastern Mediterranean region countries from 1998 to 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

Egypt

• Journal of Thoracic Disease
  • Breast cancer in Egypt, China and Chinese: statistics and beyond [2014]

Eritrea

• International Journal of Breast Cancer
  • Incidence of Breast Cancer in Eritrea: A Retrospective Study from 2011 to 2017 [2019]

Europe

• Archives of Medical Science : AMS
  • Breast cancer mortality trends in Europe among women in perimenopausal and postmenopausal age (45+) [2020]

• BMJ
  • Disparities in breast cancer mortality trends between 30 European countries: retrospective trend analysis of WHO mortality database [2010]

• Breast Care
  • Breast Cancer Statistics in the European Union: Incidence and Survival across European Countries [2019]

• European Journal of Cancer
  • European trends in breast cancer mortality, 1980–2017 and predictions to 2025 [2021]

• European Journal of Public Health
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer incidence and mortality in Europe—a systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Trends in Breast Cancer Mortality Between 2001 and 2017: An Observational Study in the European Union and the United Kingdom [2021]

France

• Breast Cancer Research
  • Evolution of breast cancer incidence in young women in a French registry from 1990 to 2018: Towards a change in screening strategy? [2022]

Germany

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Trends Over Time in Breast-Cancer-Specific Mortality in Germany [2021]

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Long-term Incidence and Mortality Trends for Breast Cancer in Germany [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Incidence and Mortality Trends in German Women with Breast Cancer Using Age, Period and Cohort 1999 to 2008 [2016]

Germany, United States

• Cancers
  • Divergent Patterns and Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Survival Among Older Women in Germany and the United States [2020]

Ghana

• International Journal of Breast Cancer
  • Pattern of Breast Cancer Distribution in Ghana: A Survey to Enhance Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment [2016]

Greece, Sweden

• BMC Cancer
  • Paradoxes of breast cancer incidence and mortality in two corners of Europe [2022]

Gulf Cooperation Council

• Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • Ecological study of breast cancer incidence among nationals and nonnationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [2023]

Hong Kong

• British Journal of Cancer
  • Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: current and future trends [2014]

Iceland

• Scientific Reports
  • In situ breast cancer incidence patterns in Iceland and differences in ductal carcinoma in situ treatment compared to Sweden [2020]

India

• Cancer Causes and Control
  • Symposium report: breast cancer in India—trends, environmental exposures and clinical implications [2021]

• Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • Time Trends in Breast Cancer Among Indian Women Population: An Analysis of Population Based Cancer Registry Data [2015]

International

• Aging
  • Global incidence and mortality of breast cancer: a trend analysis [2021]

• BioMed Research International
  • Global Increase in Breast Cancer Incidence: Risk Factors and Preventive Measures [2022]

• Breast
  • Current and future burden of breast cancer: Global statistics for 2020 and 2040 [2022]

• Cancer Communications
  • Global patterns of breast cancer incidence and mortality: A population-based cancer registry data analysis from 2000 to 2020 [2021]

• Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Variation in Female Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates [2015]

• EClinicalMedicine
  • Global breast cancer incidence and mortality trends by region, age-groups, and fertility patterns [2021]

• Frontiers in Oncology
  • The Global, Regional, and National Burden and Trends of Breast Cancer From 1990 to 2019: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [2021]
  • The Burden and Trends of Breast Cancer From 1990 to 2017 at the Global, Regional, and National Levels: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [2020]

• Journal of Advanced Research
  • Epidemiological and sociodemographic transitions of female breast cancer incidence, death, case fatality and DALYs in 21 world regions and globally, from 1990 to 2017: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis [2021]

• Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
  • Worldwide trends in breast cancer incidence from 1993 to 2012: Age-period-cohort analysis and joinpoint regression [2020]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Global burden and trends in premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: a population-based study [2020]

• Scientific Data
  • Global trends and forecasts of breast cancer incidence and deaths [2023]

• Scientific Reports
  • Worldwide Age at Onset of Female Breast Cancer: A 25-Year Population-Based Cancer Registry Study [2019]

Iran

• Breast Cancer Research
  • National and subnational burden of female and male breast cancer and risk factors in Iran from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 [2023]

• Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • Incidence pattern and spatial analysis of breast cancer in Iranian women: Geographical Information System applications [2018]

• Frontiers in Oncology
  • National and Subnational Incidence, Mortality, and Years of Life Lost Due to Breast Cancer in Iran: Trends and Age-Period-Cohort Analysis Since 1990 [2021]

• Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Age at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Geographical and socioeconomic inequalities in female breast cancer incidence and mortality in Iran: A Bayesian spatial analysis of registry data [2021]

Iraq

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence in Iraq During the Period 2000-2019 [2021]

Jamaica

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Breast Cancer in Jamaica: Trends From 2010 to 2014—Is Mortality Increasing? [2020]

Kazakhstan

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Study on Breast Cancer in Kazakhstan Using the Functional Time Series [2023]
  • Impact of Screening on Breast Cancer Incidence in Kazakhstan: Results of Component Analysis [2021]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates of breast cancer in Kazakhstan: data from the Unified National Electronic Health System, 2014-2019 [2023]

• Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Breast Cancer in Megapolises of Kazakhstan: Epidemiological Assessment of Incidence and Mortality [2019]

Kyrgyzstan

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Breast Cancer Incidence in Kyrgyzstan: Report of 15 Years of Cancer Registry [2022]

Latin America

• BMC Public Health
  • Disparities in breast cancer mortality among Latin American women: trends and predictions for 2030 [2023]

• ecancermedicalscience
  • Locally advanced breast cancer in young women in Latin America [2019]

Lebanon

• Medicina
  • Breast Cancer Epidemiology among Lebanese Women: An 11-Year Analysis [2019]

Lithuania

• BMC Public Health
  • An analysis of time trends in breast and prostate cancer mortality rates in Lithuania, 1986-2020 [2022]

Mongolia

• Cancer Causes and Control
  • Breast cancer incidence in Mongolia [2012]

Montenegro

• European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
  • Trend of breast cancer mortality in Montenegro, 1990-2018 - Joinpoint regression [2022]

Netherlands

• BMC Cancer
  • Burden of early, advanced and metastatic breast cancer in The Netherlands [2018]

• European Journal of Public Health
  • Breast cancer diagnosis and death in the Netherlands: a changing burden [2014]

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Comprehensive trends in incidence, treatment, survival and mortality of first primary invasive breast cancer stratified by age, stage and receptor subtype in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2017 [2021]

Norway

• BMC Cancer
  • Long term trends of breast cancer incidence according to proliferation status [2022]

• Breast Cancer Research
  • Incidence of breast cancer subtypes in immigrant and non-immigrant women in Norway [2022]

Peru

• BMC Cancer
  • Breast cancer mortality trends in Peruvian women [2020]

Poland

• BMC Public Health
  • Trends of mortality due to breast cancer in Poland, 2000–2016 [2020]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Changes in the survival of patients with breast cancer: Poland, 2000-2019 [2023]

• Przeglad Menopauzalny = Menopause Review
  • Incidence of and mortality from breast cancer among women in Poland in the years 2001-2010 [2014]

Republic of Korea

• Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Female Breast Cancer Mortality in Korea [2015]

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Increased breast cancer mortality only in the lower education group: age-period-cohort effect in breast cancer mortality by educational level in South Korea, 1983-2012 [2017]

• Journal of Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Statistics in Korea, 2018 [2021]
  • Breast Cancer Statistics in Korea in 2017: Data from a Breast Cancer Registry [2020]
  • Breast Cancer Epidemiology of the Working-Age Female Population Reveals Significant Implications for the South Korean Economy [2018]
  • Basic Findings Regarding Breast Cancer in Korea in 2015: Data from a Breast Cancer Registry [2018]
  • The Basic Facts of Korean Breast Cancer in 2013: Results of a Nationwide Survey and Breast Cancer Registry Database [2016]
  • The Basic Facts of Korean Breast Cancer in 2012: Results from a Nationwide Survey and Breast Cancer Registry Database [2015]
  • The Basic Facts of Korean Breast Cancer in 2011: Results of a Nationwide Survey and Breast Cancer Registry Database [2014]

Saudi Arabia

• Medicina
  • Breast Cancer Incidence Patterns in the Saudi Female Population: A 17-Year Retrospective Analysis [2022]

• Saudi Medical Journal
  • Recent incidence and descriptive epidemiological survey of breast cancer in Saudi Arabia [2015]

Sweden

• British Journal of Cancer
  • Overall survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer in Sweden: a nationwide study [2022]

Taiwan

• Oncotarget
  • Epidemiology and survival outcome of breast cancer in a nationwide study [2017]

• Scientific Reports
  • Forecast of a future leveling of the incidence trends of female breast cancer in Taiwan: an age-period-cohort analysis [2022]

Taiwan, United States

• Cancer Medicine
  • Comparison of annual percentage change in breast cancer incidence rate between Taiwan and the United States—A smoothed Lexis diagram approach [2017]

United Kingdom

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Breast cancer incidence and survival in Scotland by socio-economic deprivation and tumour subtype [2022]

• Cancer Research UK
  • Breast cancer statistics

• JAMA Network Open
  • Estimated Prevalence of Metastatic Breast Cancer in England, 2016-2021 [2022]

United States

• American Cancer Society
  • Breast cancer statistics, 2019 [2019]
  • Breast cancer statistics, 2017, racial disparity in mortality by state [2017]
  • Cancer statistics: Breast cancer in situ [2015]
  • Breast cancer statistics, 2015: Convergence of incidence rates between black and white women [2015]
  • Breast cancer statistics, 2013 [2013]
  • Breast Cancer Statistics

• American Journal of Cancer Research
  • Changing trends and disparities in 5-year overall survival of women with invasive breast cancer in the United States, 1975-2015 [2021]

• Breast Cancer Research
  • Risk of contralateral breast cancer according to first breast cancer characteristics among women in the USA, 1992–2016 [2021]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Breast cancer diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in a nationwide, insured population [2022]

• Cancer
  • Trends in breast cancer incidence rates by race/ethnicity: Patterns by stage, socioeconomic position, and geography in the United States, 1999-2017 [2022]
  • United States Breast Cancer Mortality Trends in Young Women According to Race [2014]

• Cancer Epidemiology
  • Breast cancer incidence trends in Asian women aged 20 or older as compared to other ethnic women in the United States from 2000 to 2018 by time period, age and tumor stage [2022]

• Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Estimation of the Number of Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer in the United States [2017]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence, by Race, Ethnicity, and Age Among Women Aged >=20 Years — United States, 1999–2018 [2022]
  • Patterns and Trends in Age-Specific Black-White Differences in Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality – United States, 1999–2014 [2016]
  • Vital Signs: Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Severity — United States, 2005–2009 [2012]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Modeling Geospatial Patterns of Late-Stage Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in the US [2017]
  • Geospatial Analysis of Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Associated Community Characteristics in the United States [2017]
  • Assessing the Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality in the United States [2017]

• International Journal of Health Geographics
  • Geographic disparities in late stage breast cancer incidence: results from eight states in the United States [2015]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Variation in Breast Cancer Subtype Incidence and Distribution by Race/Ethnicity in the United States From 2010 to 2015 [2020]

• JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Breast Cancer Incidence Trends by Estrogen Receptor Status Among Asian American Ethnic Groups, 1990–2014 [2020]
  • Incidence and Survival Among Young Women With Stage I–III Breast Cancer: SEER 2000–2015 [2019]

• Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2011, Featuring Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes by Race/Ethnicity, Poverty, and State [2015]

• National Cancer Institute
  • Female Breast Cancer

• World Journal of Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Incidence and Behavior in Younger Patients: A Study From the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Database [2020]

Vietnam

• Cancer Biology & Medicine
  • Female breast cancer in Vietnam: a comparison across Asian specific regions [2015]

WHO

• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Breast fact sheet

• World Health Organization
  • Breast cancer

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