- Eugenio Paci: Registro tumori toscano, UO Epidemiologia clinica e descrittiva, CSPO Isituto scientifico della Regione Toscana, Firenze.
Breast cancer represents, among females, the most important cancer site, in terms of incidence and mortality. Temporal trends have been computed in the database of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (pool AIRT) including 58,862 cases and 20,659 deaths during the period 1986-1997. Incidence was increasing and standardised rates increase by, on average, 1.7% every year. Such increase may be partially due to the implementation of organised screening programmes. Mortality was increasing up to 1989, then it statistically significantly decreased.