Although mammography can detect 90-95 % of breast cancers, this test produces many false-positive results. The American College of Radiologists, AmericanCancerSociety, and the NationalCancerInstitute suggest that women should begin screening mammograms at age 40 annually for women with average risk whi...
085 women age 65 to 74 years of age in 24 Medicare Advantage plans that eliminated cost sharing to provide full coverage for theservice, compared with 52,035 women in 48 matching Medicare Advantage plans that had and maintained full insurance coverage for mammography....
We excluded 186 owing to race or ethnicity other than white, black Asian, or Hispanic (7%); 12 owing to missing date of birth or age greater than 100 years (<1%); and 371 because the abnormal mammogram came from a contractor who had a gap in program participation (13%). The final ...
Other medical organizations offer a range of different guidelines. TheU.S. Preventive Services Task Forcesays the best evidence supports mammograms every other year beginning at age 50 for women at average risk, while the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists continues to recommend that ...
Mean age was 51.9 卤 14.2 years (range, 18 to 88 years). Ninety-two per cent were foreign-born. Most had completed some high school (39%)or elementary (38%) education. Most (62%) were uninsured. The majority spoke (67%) and read (66%) only Spanish. Only 60 per cent of HW ...
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Mean age was 51.9 ± 14.2 years (range, 18 to 88 years). Ninety-two per cent were foreign-born. Most had completed some high school (39%) or elementary (38%) education. Most (62%) were uninsured. The majority spoke (67%) and read (66%) only Spanish. Only 60 per cent of HW ...
RESULTS: Sixty-two tumors in 61 patients with a mean age of 56 (range 34-87) years were evaluated. Overall accuracy ranged from 54% (CBE) to 80% (breast ultrasound). All modalities had a PPV greater than 75% for identifying the presence of residual disease. The PPV of each modality ...
After stratifying by age at BC diagnosis and baseline percent density (PD), the average predictive performance of the abovementioned features improved from 0.652 to 0.707 for baseline PD adjustment, and from 0.652 to 0.674 for age at BC diagnosis. Higher predictive performances were found for ...
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among women. The disease most commonly occurs among older women. Research shows that age-appropriate screening mammography reduces breast-cancer-related mortality and is cost effective, Trivedi said. ...