Breast cancer mortality and prediction trends in Pakistani women: alarming public health concern

Tauseef Ahmad; Mukhtiar Baig; Saba Tariq; Sundus Tariq

doi:10.37723/jumdc.v16i1.1190

Tauseef Ahmad School of Public Health, Zhejiang University,China/ Department of Community Health Sciences, Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Sohail University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mukhtiar Baig Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Saba Tariq Dean, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University Medical & Dental College, The University of Faisalabad/ Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Birmingham, England, UK.
Sundus Tariq Professor, Department of Physiology, University Medical & Dental College, The University of Faisalabad, Pakistan/ Department of Physiology, International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technologies (SABITA), Istanbul, Türkiye.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37723/jumdc.v16i1.1190

Keywords: Breast Cancer, Mortality, Incidence, Pakistan

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Pakistani women. The incidence and mortality rates have been continuously increasing over the last three decades in the country. The number of estimated new breast cancer cases in Pakistan will increase to 66562 (R2= 0·9928) by the end of 2050. However, strengthening local collaboration between public authorities and clinical settings is a way forward for early cancer detection and proper treatment.