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Divergent Patterns and Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Survival Among Older Women in Germany and the United States

Lina JansenBernd HolleczekKlaus KraywinkelJanick WeberpalsChloé Charlotte SchröderAndrea EberleKatharina EmrichHiltraud KajüterAlexander KatalinicJoachim KieschkeAlice NenneckeEunice SirriJoerg HeilAndreas SchneeweissHermann BrennerThe Gekid Cancer Survival Working Group

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trendsCancer ResearchUnited States ; Survival ; Trends ; Mortality ; Incidence ; Breast cancer ; GermanyBreast cancer mortalityPopulationsurvivallcsh:RC254-282Article03 medical and health sciencesbreast cancer0302 clinical medicineBreast cancerGermanyMedicine030212 general & internal medicineStage (cooking)Mortality trendseducationeducation.field_of_studyRelative survivalbusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensmedicine.diseasemortalityUnited StatesCancer registryOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisincidencebusinessDemography

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Background: Breast cancer treatment has changed tremendously over the last decades. In addition, the use of mammography screening for early detection has increased strongly. To evaluate the impact of these developments, long-term trends in incidence, mortality, stage distribution and survival were investigated for Germany and the United States (US). Methods: Using population-based cancer registry data, long-term incidence and mortality trends (1975&ndash

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2020-08-26Cancers
https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12092419