Rising global burden of breast cancer: the case of sub-Saharan Africa (with emphasis on Nigeria) and implications for regional development: a review

Table 1 Estimated changes in ASR between 2008 and 2012 (computed based on Ferlay et al. 2008 [2] and 2012 [12] figures)

The table suggested that while higher age-standardized incidence and mortality rates remained higher in southern and western African sub-regions in both years, higher increases in both incidence and mortality rates were observed in eastern (36.5 and 26.9%, respectively) and middle (20.5 and 12.1%, respectively) Africa in 2012 compared to 2008. Southern Africa had a comparatively more stable incidence rate (only 2% increase) and interestingly a remarkable decrease in mortality rate

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