Mammography Use Helps To Explain Differences in Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis between Older Black and White Women
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 1 May 1998
Ellen P. McCarthy, Risa B. Burns, Steven S. Coughlin, Karen M. Freund, Janet Rice, Sandra L. Marwill
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The relation between previous mammography use and cancer stage at diagnosis for older black and white women is sought and the extent to which previous mammographic use explains the observed black-white difference in cancer stageat diagnosis among older women is investigated.
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Differences in breast cancer stage at diagnosis between older black and white women are related to previous mammography use. Increased regular use of mammography may result in a shift toward earlier-stage disease at diagnosis and narrow the observed differences in stage at diagnosis between older black and white women.
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