Breast cancer and socio-economic factors

Abstract

Wealth. AbstractPurpose: The aim of this study is twofold -on the one hand, to analyze the relationship between incidence of breast cancer, income per capita and medical equipment across countries; after that, the study here discusses the drivers of the incidence of breast cancer across countries in order to pinpoint differences and similarities.Methods: The indicators used are incidence of breast cancer based on Age-standardized rate (ASW); Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita by purchasing power parity (current international $); computed tomography (CT) for cancer diagnosis. Results: Partial correlation is higher: r breast cancer, GDP  CT =60.3% (sign.0.00). The estimated relationship shows an expected incidence of breast cancer increase of approximately 0.05% for a GDP increase of 1% and an expected incidence of breast cancer increase of approximately 3.23% for a CT increase of 1%. ANOVA confirms that incidence of breast cancer is higher across richer countries, ceteris paribus.Conclusions: Empirical evidence shows that the breast cancer tends to be higher across richer countries, measured by GDP per capita and number of Computed Tomography.The main determinants of these findings can be due to several socio-economic factors, mainly localized in richer countries. In addition, this research may provide an alternative interpretation to the theory of Oh et al. (2010) on the influence of latitude on breast cancer, focusing on socio-economic factors rather than biologic root causes.

Stroke and breast cancer in the United States during 2007–2017

“…A recent study suggests an association between socio-economic factors and breast cancer and, more specifically, proves that breast cancer tends to be higher across richer countries. Women from richer countries are prone to higher demand for treatments represented by oral contraceptives (OCs) and hormone therapy (HT), factors which increase the risk of breast cancer [13].…”