Is Breast Cancer Incidence Rate Further Increasing in Korea? / 한국역학회지
Korean Journal of Epidemiology
; : 1-7, 2001.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-728871
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Breast cancer ranks second to stomach cancer as a primary cancer site. An increasing trend in mortality and morbidity of breast cancet has been shown since 1980s. Studies on migrant populations, in which higher incidences were shown than population in their motherlands, indicated the importance of environmental factors on breast cancer development. Older age, family history of breast cancer, early menarche, late menopause, late full-term pregnancy, never-having had a breast-fed child, and postmenopausal obesity were idenrified as risk factors in Korea. These are not different from risk factors detected in western countries. Nevertheless, a
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.2 Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
Health problem:
Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
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Breast Cancer
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Digestive System Diseases
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Stomach Cancer
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Environmental Health
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Noncommunicable Diseases
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Nutrition
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polymorphism, Genetic
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Gonadal Steroid Hormones
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Transients and Migrants
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Menarche
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Menopause
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Epidemiology
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Incidence
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
