Previous studies in the LAC population have been limited to short periods of time and a limited number of countries, not allowing exhaustive comparison of the evolution of breast cancer trends in this region. In addition, it is important to know how mortality rates have evolved in the last two decades and what patterns will follow in the coming years, with the goal of proposing containment measures for each country in order to reduce mortality by this neoplasm.
This study was approved by the Institutional Research Ethics Committee of the Universidad Cientifica del Sur .shows breast cancer mortality rates for the latest available year and their prediction for the year 2030 in LAC countries. In 2017, Argentina , Uruguay , and Venezuela had the highest mortality rates for all ages, and in 2030 Argentina , Uruguay , and Venezuela will continue to have the highest mortality rates.