Breast cancer mortality in Romania: trends, regional and rural–urban inequalities, and policy implications

The higher BC mortality in Romania compared to other countries in the European countries, the higher mortality rates in urban than rural areas, and the regional variation in mortality rates call for future studies to investigate the possible health care system and care seeking behaviors and the environmental determinants that may have contributed to observed mortality profile. Improving the quality of incidence data in the country through efficient cancer registries could also lead to a better understanding of the variation in mortality rates, which is the premise for more targeted health policies.