Does Utilization of Screening Mammography Explain Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer?
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 18 April 2006
Rebecca Smith‐Bindman, Diana L. Miglioretti, Nicole Lurie, Linn Abraham, Rachel Ballard Barbash, Jodi Strzelczyk
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Abstract
African-American women are less likely to receive adequate mammographic screening than white women, which may explain the higher prevalence of advanced breast tumors among African-American women. Tumor characteristics may also contribute to differences in cancer outcomes because African-American women have higher-grade tumors than white women regardless of screening. These results suggest that adherence to recommended mammography screening intervals may reduce breast cancer mortality rates.
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