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Mammography screening and differences in stage of disease by race/ethnicity.
Mammography screening and differences in stage of disease by race/ethnicity.
- Source :
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American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2002 Jul; Vol. 92 (7), pp. 1144-50. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Objectives: We examined the effect of routine screening on breast cancer staging by race/ethnicity.<br />Methods: We used a 1990 to 1998 mammography database (N = 5182) of metropolitan Denver, Colo, women to examine each racial/ethnic cohort's incident cancer cases (n = 1902) and tumor stage distribution given similar patterns of routine screening use.<br />Results: Regardless of race/ethnicity, women participating in routine screenings had earlier-stage disease by 5 to 13 percentage points. After control for possible confounding factors, White women were more likely to have early-stage disease compared with Black and Hispanic women.<br />Conclusions: Lack of screening coverage in certain racial/ethnic populations has often been cited as a reason for tumor stage differences at detection. In this study, correcting for screening did not completely reduce stage differentials among Black and Hispanic women.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cohort Studies
Colorado epidemiology
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Female
Humans
Incidence
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging classification
Neoplasm Staging trends
Odds Ratio
Racial Groups
Black or African American statistics & numerical data
Breast Neoplasms ethnology
Breast Neoplasms pathology
Hispanic or Latino statistics & numerical data
Mammography statistics & numerical data
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
White People statistics & numerical data
Women's Health
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-0036
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12084699
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.7.1144