Burden of Breast Cancer in the Arab World: Findings from Global Burden of Disease, 2016

M. Jawad Hashim; Fatima A. Al-Shamsi; Noura A. Al-Marzooqi; Sarah S. Al-Qasemi; Ali H. Mokdad; Gulfaraz Khan

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Burden of Breast Cancer in the Arab World: Findings from Global Burden of Disease, 2016

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M. Jawad Hashim¹, Fatima A. Al-Shamsi¹, Noura A. Al-Marzooqi¹, Sarah S. Al-Qasemi¹, Ali H. Mokdad², Gulfaraz Khan³^{, *}

¹Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

²Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

³Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

^*Corresponding author. Email: g_khan@uaeu.ac.ae

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Gulfaraz Khan

Received 10 May 2018, Accepted 6 September 2018, Available Online 31 December 2018.

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Keywords: Breast cancer; Arab region; cancer epidemiology; sociodemographic index
Abstract: Epidemiology of breast cancer in the Arab region is understudied as compared with Western countries. We aimed to examine breast cancer epidemiology in Arab countries from 1990 to 2016. We analyzed the Global Burden of Disease, 2016 data for breast cancer among women in 22 Arab countries. Epidemiological measures including incidence, mortality, and disability adjusted life years (DALYs) were analyzed for breast cancer in women from 1990 to 2016. We also measured the burden of breast cancer stratified by the sociodemographic index (SDI). Our analysis indicates that the incidence of breast cancer in Arab women has risen over the past 26 years, but is still lower than global averages. In 2016, there were 45,980 new cases (28/100,000) and 20,063 deaths (11/100,000) in the region. The burden of breast cancer as estimated by DALYs was also lower than the global rates and tended to increase with increasing SDI. Although some studies have reported that Arab women present with breast cancer at a younger age, our analysis of age-specific rates, indicates that this is not statistically significant. Our findings indicate that a comprehensive plan to improve public awareness, screening, diagnosis, and treatment is required to reduce the growing burden of breast cancer in the Arab world.
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Publication Date: 2018/12/31
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