breast cancer screening
Mammography is the most common screening test for breast cancer. A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breast. … In DCIS, abnormal cells line the breast duct, and in some women may become invasive cancer. Mammography is less likely to find breast tumors in women with dense breast tissue.
Breast cancer screening : a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force
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Purpose: To synthesize new data on breast cancer screening for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Data Sources: MEDLINE; the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry; and reference lists of reviews, editorials, and original studies. Study Selection: Eight randomized
Screening for breast cancer : US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement
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Methods: The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the following: effectiveness of breast cancer screening in reducing breast cancer specific and all-cause mortality, as well as the incidence of advanced breast cancer and treatment-related morbidity; harms of breast
The national study of breast cancer screening
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History of the Development of the
Cost-effectiveness of digital mammography breast cancer screening
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Background: The DMIST (Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Trial) reported improved breast cancer detection with digital mammography compared with film mammography in selected population subgroups, but it did not assess the economic value of digital relative to
breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): first postcontrast subtracted images and maximum-intensity projection a novel approach to breast cancer screening
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Purpose We investigated whether an abbreviated protocol (AP), consisting of only one pre- and one postcontrast acquisition and their derived images (first postcontrast subtracted [FAST] and maximum-intensity projection [MIP] images), was suitable for breast magnetic
The influence of social support on breast cancer screening in a multicultural community sample
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Purpose/Objectives: To examine the relationship between womens reported social support and their adherence to recommended breast cancer screening guidelines. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Community womens organizations throughout
Clinical strategies for breast cancer screening : weighing and using the evidence
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When balancing the benefits of screening women for breast cancer against the harms and costs of such screening , one needs to consider the risk for dying of breast cancer , the relative reduction in that risk that will result from screening women in different age groups
Minority women and breast cancer screening : the role of cultural explanatory models
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INTRODUCTION factors in explaining health behavior [1 p. 282]. Sec- Breast cancer , the most commonly diagnosed cancer , ond, these methods tend to view individual risk percepis the second leading cause of cancer deaths among tion as existing independent of the social
Knowledge and practice of breast cancer screening amongst public health nurses in Singapore
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Aim of study: The study aimed to examine the knowledge and practice of breast cancer screening amongst Public Health nurses who are patient educators. Method: A self- administered questionnaire was sent to all 447 nurses in the Public Health Service to assess
Harms of breast cancer screening : systematic review to update the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation
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Background: In 200 the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended biennial mammography screening for women aged 50 to 74 years and selective screening for those aged 40 to 49 years. Purpose: To review studies of screening in average-risk women with
Effectiveness of breast cancer screening : systematic review and meta-analysis to update the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation
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Background: In 200 the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended biennial mammography screening for women aged 50 to 74 years and selective screening for those aged 40 to 49 years. Purpose: To review studies of the effectiveness of breast cancer
Effectiveness of interventions to enhance physician screening for breast cancer
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Background. Physician recommendation is one of the strongest predictors of mammography use. This study was designed to review research articles assessing the ef fectiveness of interventions to enhance physician breast cancer screening behavior. Methods. A MEDLINE
Collaborative modeling of the benefits and harms associated with different US breast cancer screening strategies
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Background: Controversy persists about optimal mammography screening strategies. Objective: To evaluate screening outcomes, taking into account advances in mammography and treatment of breast cancer . Design: Collaboration of 6 simulation models using national
Breast cancer screening among females in Iran and recommendations for improved practice: a review
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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women, in Iran comprising 21.4% of female cancers. There are several screening modalities for breast cancer including breast self-examination, clinical breast examination and mammography. This research
Breast cancer screening among adult women behavioral risk factor surveillance system, United States
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Breast cancer continues to have a substantial impact on the health of women in the United States. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer (excluding skin cancers) among women, with more than 2 000 new cases diagnosed in 2008 (the most recent year for which data
Family physicians beliefs about breast cancer screening by mammography
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A survey of 509 family physicians in New York State was conducted to assess opinions about mammography and use of mammography in screening asymptomatic women of different ages. Findings indicate that most family physicians believe that mammography is
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding breast cancer screening in educated Appalachian women
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Purpose/Objectives: To determine how and what women learn about breast cancer and screening practices and which factors influence womens breast cancer screening practices. Design: Descriptive analysis of questionnaire data collected at the time of enrollment in a
Do we need to maximise the breast cancer screening awareness Experience with an endogamous society with high fertility
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Abstract Background: In the State of Qatar, breast cancer has become the most common form of cancer among women. The aim of this study was to explore knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer and to identify potential barriers to screening procedures
Underestimation of breast cancer risk: influence on screening behavior.
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Purpose/Objectives: To describe perceived breast cancer risk, identify the percentage of women with inaccurate risk perceptions, and examine the influence of perceived and objective risk on screening behavior. Design: Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional