Geographic information systems in breast cancer epidemiology application progress

VernacularTitle:地理信息系统在乳腺癌流行病学中的应用进展
Author: Jian LIU ; Junchao GU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: geographic information systems; breast cancer; epidemiology
From: International Journal of Surgery 2009;36(11):776-778
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Recently, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) , as it could effectively combine space data (map) and social attributed information (database), has far-reaching impact the development of other disci-plines. Application of GIS as a tool to study epidemiology of breast cancer, can analyze the various factors affecting the distribution of breast cancer, determine their spatial distribution and spatial-temporal trends and spatial clustering analysis, the reconstruction of historical exposure to on-site to monitor the relationship be-tween living environment and breast cancer and thereby help the decision makers in targeted health policy. This paper discusses the application of GIS for breast cancer research progress .