A joinpoint regression analysis on breast, colon and lung cancer incidence data in the Philippines (1993-2002)

• Main Authors: Africa, Jennifer Dela Peña, Turingan, La Reina Ysabella Genil
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Cancer > Philippines > Statistics; Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5351
• Institution: De La Salle University

Cancer or malignant neoplasm causes very high mortality rates in the Philippines which makes it the third leading cause of deaths. Moreover, cancer incidence in the Philippines gradually increases every year especially in three common cancer sites which are the lung, breast, and colon cancers. With...