Forecast of a future leveling of the incidence trends of female breast cancer in Taiwan: an age-period-cohort analysis

Abstract Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Taiwan. The age-standardized incidence rate has doubled in just 20 years, causing considerable concern to health professionals and the general public. This study used an ensemble of age-period-cohort models to estimate breast cancer inc...

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Main Authors: Yi-Chu Chen, Shih-Yung Su, Jing-Rong Jhuang, Chun-Ju Chiang, Ya-Wen Yang, Chao-Chun Wu, Li-Ju Lin, Wen-Chung Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16056-y