Background: Breast cancer is a common cancer worldwide. With the establishment of Thailand’s populationbasedcancer registry and availability of complete data from 2002-2011, it is of interest to investigate theepidemiologic and clinic-pathological profiles of breast cancer based on the population-based registry data. Methods: The data of all breast cancer patients in the registry for the period of 2002-2011 were included. Allmedical records of the patients diagnosed from documents of National Cancer Registry of Thailand were retrievedand the following information abstracted: age, clinical characteristics, and histological variables. Thailand censusdata for the period of 2002-2011 were used to provide the general population’s statistics on age, gender, andother related demographic factors. Results: Over the 10 year-period, 7,711 breast cancer cases were included.The disease incidence under age 40 years was relatively low (4.13/105) while the incidence in the age groups 40and older was very high (39.2/105). The vast majority of breast cancer cases (88.8%) were diagnosed by histologyas primary lesions in the breast. The most common of patients with breast cancer (36.4%) had regional lymphnode involvement and the most common of histopathology diagnosed in patients (84.2%) was an infiltratingduct carcinoma. Conclusions: This study showed a high incidence of breast cancer in older subjects, and highrate of breast cancer in Thailand. Future studies should explore clinical and molecular disease patterns.
(2013). Age Distribution of Breast Cancer from a Thailand Population-Based Cancer Registry. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(6), 3815-3817.
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. "Age Distribution of Breast Cancer from a Thailand Population-Based Cancer Registry". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14, 6, 2013, 3815-3817.
HARVARD
(2013). 'Age Distribution of Breast Cancer from a Thailand Population-Based Cancer Registry', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 14(6), pp. 3815-3817.
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Age Distribution of Breast Cancer from a Thailand Population-Based Cancer Registry. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2013; 14(6): 3815-3817.