Are there concentrated areas of breast cancer in Marin?
A. When we mapped breast cancer incidence in Marin among white women from 1988-1992, the high rates of breast cancer were not concentrated in one area and did not vary widely throughout Marin. We obtained our cases from the Northern California Cancer Center, and analyzed them by 1990 Census Tract. There was no statistical difference in incidence among tracts. View or download the map (a pdf document). A new map of the 1998-2002 case data will be available soon for analysis.
