Are U.S. cancer screening test patterns consistent with guideline recommendations with respect to the age of screening initiation?
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Are U.S. cancer screening test patterns consistent with guideline recommendations with respect to the age of screening initiation?
BACKGROUND U.S. cancer screening guidelines communicate important information regarding the ages for which screening tests are appropriate. Little attention has been given to whether breast, colorectal and prostate cancer screening test use is responsive to guideline age information regarding the age of screening initiation. METHODS The 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Social Survey and the 2003 N...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-185