OBJECTIVE Disparities in screening mammography use persists among low income women, even those who are insured, despite the proven mortality benefit. A recent study reported that more than a third of hospitalized women were non-adherent with breast cancer screening. The current study explores prevalence of socio-demographic and clinical variables associated with non-adherence to screening mammo...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed accuracy of women's opinions about reduction in mortality from breast cancer attributable to mammography screening. DESIGN Cross sectional survey. SETTING General population of Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS 895 randomly selected women aged 40 to 80 years, free of breast cancer. RESULTS Women estimated the proportion of deaths from breast cancer that reg...

BACKGROUND The EDIFICE survey aimed to investigate the compliance of the general population to the screening tests available in France for the 4 most common cancers: breast, colorectal, prostate and lung. Implementation of breast cancer screening has been generalized in France since 2003: women aged between 50 and 74 years are systematically invited to perform a mammography every second year. R...

BACKGROUND The addition of annual MRI screening to mammography has heightened optimism that intensive screening along with improved treatments may substantially improve life expectancy of women at high risk of breast cancer. However, survival data from BRCA2 mutation carriers undergoing intensive combined breast screening are scarce. METHODS We have collated the results of screening with eith...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe all phases of a collaborative breast health intervention delivered by paraprofessionals or specially trained community health advisors (CHAs) for African American women designed to increase mammography screening. DESIGN Collaborative pretest, post-test breast health intervention. SETTING Large city in Ohio. SAMPLE 68 African American women with a median age ...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer afflicting women in Jordan. This study aimed to assess the effects of an educational intervention through home visits, including offering free mammography screening vouchers, on changing women's breast health knowledge and screening practices for early detection of breast cancer in a less privileged area in Jordan. METHODS Two thousand four h...

Although regular screening mammography has been suggested to be associated with improvements in the relative survival of breast cancer in recent years, the appropriate age to start screening mammography remains controversial. In November 2009, the United States Preventive Service Task Force published updated guidelines for breast cancer, which no longer support routine screening mammography for...

BACKGROUND Cancer screening in individuals with limited life expectancy increases the risk of diagnosis and treatment of cancer that otherwise would not have become clinically apparent. OBJECTIVE To estimate screening mammography use in women with limited life expectancy, its geographic variation, and association with access to primary care and mammographic resources. METHODS We assessed sc...