1. The epidemiology of breast cancer in French Guiana 2003–2006
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Mathieu Nacher, Tristan Roue, Juliette Plenet, Sophie Belliardo, Angela Fior, Registre des Cancers de Guyane, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Epidémiologie, Economie de la Santé et Prévention, Agence Régionale de Santé de Guyane, ADENIS, ANTOINE, and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]
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Cancer in South America ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Demographics ,Target population ,03 medical and health sciences ,Breast cancer ,0302 clinical medicine ,Epidemiology ,Medicine ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Multidisciplinary ,business.industry ,Research ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Mortality rate ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Cancer registry ,Metropolitan France ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,French Guiana Registry ,business ,Cancer incidence ,Demography - Abstract
International audience; For the first time the incidence and mortality of breast cancer were estimated in French Guiana, an overseas French Territory of South America. A certified cancer registry collected exhaustive data on breast cancer between 2003 and 2005. The age-standardized rate of breast cancer was 47.1 per 100 000 women. The age-standardized death rate was 11.0 per 100 000 women. Although the standardized incidence and death rates were lower than in metropolitan France and South America, the ratio between incidence and mortality showed that the prognosis of breast cancer in French Guiana was worse than in metropolitan France (23 deaths per 100 incident cases versus 17 deaths per 100 incident cases, respectively). The demographics of French Guiana, suggests that mass organized screening may benefit from lowering the age of its target population.
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- 2013
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