Burden of Breast Cancer in the Arab World: Findings from Global Burden of Disease, 2016

• Main Authors: M. Jawad Hashim (Author), Fatima A. Al-Shamsi (Author), Noura A. Al-Marzooqi (Author), Sarah S. Al-Qasemi (Author), Ali H. Mokdad (Author), Gulfaraz Khan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemiology of breast cancer in the Arab region is understudied as compared with Western countries. We aimed to examine breast cancer epidemiology in Arab countries from 1990 to 2016. We analyzed the Global Burden of Disease, 2016 data for breast cancer among women in 22 Arab countries. Epidemiolog...