Seasonal variation in breast cancer diagnosis in Singapore

This study investigates seasonality in the diagnosis of 3219 female breast carcinoma cases reported between 1995–8 in Singapore. There is little evidence of marked seasonal variation. Angular regression suggested that observed differences in peak diagnosis with respect to menopausal status, tumour s...

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Autores principales: Gao, F, Machin, D, Khoo, K-S, Ng, E-H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2001
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2363886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11336468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1654
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Sumario:This study investigates seasonality in the diagnosis of 3219 female breast carcinoma cases reported between 1995–8 in Singapore. There is little evidence of marked seasonal variation. Angular regression suggested that observed differences in peak diagnosis with respect to menopausal status, tumour size, ER and PR status may be chance. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign http://www.bjcancer.com

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