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A review manuscript exploring the history of cartograms in disease mapping, with applications in cancer outcomes
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Atlas vs maps #2

Closed jesse-jesse closed 4 years ago

jesse-jesse commented 5 years ago

Is there an important difference between a cancer atlas and a cancer map? We use both in the review article. I'm wondering which one to use?

srkobakian commented 5 years ago

Simply: a cancer map displays geographic occurrence and variation of a single phenomenon, one single map. A cancer atlas is a collection of maps, used for comparisons, it may be different cancer types, or sex, or risk factors

"To the best of our knowledge, the first cancer atlas was Haviland’s maps of cancers in women in England and Wales, published in 1875" d’Onofrio, Alberto, Chiara Mazzetta, Chris Robertson, Michel Smans, Peter Boyle, and Mathieu Boniol. 2016. “Maps and Atlases of Cancer Mortality: A Review of a Useful Tool to Trigger New Questions.” Journal Article. Ecancermedicalscience 10: 670–70. https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer. 2016.670.