Mammograms are an important screening tool for breast cancer and they undoubtedly save lives, Burstein told CBS News. "They are, however, an imperfect tool. Women's choices on mammogram screening should be tailored to their individual needs based on discussions with their doctor," he said. Aside...
than mammogram.CONCLUSIONSThe authors recommend a multifaceted approach to increase mammography screening by Chinese-American women: recommendations from the provider plus targeted education to address the effectiveness of screening mammography compared with breast self examination and clinical breast examination....
president and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, told WebMD. "There are more and more Americans who have gotten a little farther away from their last cigarette. The colonoscopy screening rates are nowhere where they should be, but they are slowly creeping up. The mammography scree...
Participants were categorized by stage of mammography screening adoption at 6 months as precontemplators (not planning to have a mammogram), contemplators (planning to have a mammogram), or actors (had received a mammogram). Although demographic and experiential variables did not differentiate ...
This guideline updates the American Cancer Society breast cancer screening recommendations for women at average risk for breast cancer.
Despite these health risk behaviors, perceptions of cancer risk were low. Eight-five percent of women over the age of forty reported ever having a mammogram and 69% reported having the screening examine in the previous year. The majority of participants reported ever having a Pap test but ...
American Indian/ Alaska Native (AI/AN) women have the lowest cancer-screening rate of any ethnic or racial group; AI/AN women in all regions are less likely than non-Hispanic white women to be diagnosed with localized breast cancer; and those AI/AN women presenting with breast cancer have ...
- 《Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev》 被引量: 131发表: 2007年 Lower adherence to screening mammography guidelines among ethnic minority women in America: A meta-analytic review ObjectiveThis study investigates the association between ethnic minority status and receiving a screening mammogram within the ...
Used telephone interviews to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding breast and cervical cancer screening among 775 Chinese American women (aged 20–74 yrs). The rates of ever having had a mammogram, ever having had a clinical breast examination, and ever having exami...
Using data from a larger study, we explored the characteristics of preventive health care practices (influenza vaccination, mammogram, and Pap test) among a representative sample of 1,786 Korean American women residing in California by telephone. Three preventive health care practices were related to...