Configurational analysis of ovarian cancer incidence in 30 provinces of China and its policy implications: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach.

Journal: Frontiers in public health
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Ovarian cancer is one of the three most common gynecological cancers, with the highest mortality rate among gynecological malignancies. Previous studies on the environmental and socioeconomic (ESE) factors that affect ovarian cancer incidence (OCI) have generally only considered the net effects of single variables, while the synergistic effects among multiple factors have yet to be explored.

Authors

  • Ying Shen
  • Zhenyu Huang
    Department of Food Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Food Macromolecular Resources Processing Technology Research (Zhejiang University of Technology), China National Light Industry, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory in Quality Research of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, 999078, Macao.
  • Chan Li
    PMI Lab, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.