Psychosocial factors associated with the use of breast cancer screening by women age 60 years or over This study examined psychosocial factors related to breast cancer screening among older women. Data for the study were obtained from interviews with 719 wo... Michielutte,Dignan,MB,... - 《Heal...
For the study, researchers reviewed Medicare data for women, aged 40 to 69, who had screening mammograms between 2012 and 2014. The ACOs reported a 2.6 percent increase in screeningmammogramsover the study period. Of 208 ACOs studied, more than 60 percent reported better mammogram rates. Among ...
Among those who were 40 to 85 years of age, only 50 percent had a mammogram in any given year and only 60 percent had two or more mammograms over four years. Average annual mammography rates were 47 percent for women aged 40 to 49 years, 54 percent for women aged 50 to 64 years and...
that the false-positive rate over the course of years is 50% to 60% of women. Based upon this study, they were less likely to return to screening after a false-positive result, especially if the recommendation is to screen a little bit earlier, or if the recommendation is for a biopsy...
Between May 1988 and December 1995, 1461 breast cancers were detected by the screening programme in 1441 women over the age of 50 and 372 interval breast cancers presented in 371 women screened between these dates. HRT usage at the time of screening was noted with details of age, postcode ...
Approximately one in eight women in the US (about 13%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her life. In 2021, breast cancer became the most common cancer in the world, accounting for 12% of all new cancer cases worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. ...
Mammography has established itself as the most efficient technique for the identification of the pathological breast lesions. Among the various types of lesions, microcalcifications are the most difficult to identify since they are quite small (0.1-1.0 m
of all ages regardless of breast cancer history, to evaluate breast symptoms other than a lump in individuals with a breast cancer history or without a history but aged 60 years or older, and for short-interval follow-up in individuals aged 60 years or older without a breast cancer histor...
As a woman ages, her chances of being diagnosed with a lower-risk breast tumor increase, according to a novel study led by UCSF which found that for women over 50, a substantial number of cancers detected by mammograms have good prognoses. ...
Doctors are calling for women to receive more information about the pitfalls of breast cancer screening, as well as the benefits, after some women who received false-positive results faced serious anxiety and reduced quality of life for at least a year. ...