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Breast carcinoma among Japanese females is characterized by a relatively low incidence and good prognosis.(6) The recent annual death rate due to breast carcinoma among Japanese females is 5 per 100,000. This death rate is about one sixth of that among American females. According to Cancer Incidence in Five Continents,(2) the annual incidence of breast cancer per 100,000 Japanese females ranged from 12.1 in Osaka Prefecture to 16.6 in Okayama Prefecture. This incidence is very low when compared with that of American females. In Connecticut, the incidence is 71.7 per 100,000 females.
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Sakamoto, G., Sugano, H., Hartmann, W.H. (1981). Comparative Pathological Study of Breast Carcinoma among American and Japanese Women. In: McGuire, W.L. (eds) Breast Cancer 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6571-0_8
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