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Gynaecological cancer in Caribbean women: data from the French population-based cancer registries of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana (2007-2014).

Clarisse JoachimJacqueline Véronique-BaudinLaure DesroziersÉdouard ChatignouxSophie BelliardoJuliette PlenetJonathan MacniStephen Ulric-GervaiseJessica PeruvienBernard Bhakkan-MambirJacqueline Deloumeaux
Published in: BMC cancer (2020)
The ethno-geographic and socio-demographic characteristics in this population of mainly Afro-Caribbean origin could partially explain these disparities. Major disparities exist for certain cancer sites: excess incidence and excess mortality for cervical cancer; lower, but increasing incidence of breast cancer.
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