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Breast Cancer Screening Epidemiology

Research from Meharry Medical College, Department of Surgery yields new findings on breast cancer screening epidemiology

Published in Medical Imaging Week, March 27th, 2010

Data detailed in 'Psychosocial determinants of mammography follow-up after receipt of abnormal mammography results in medically underserved women' have been presented. "This article targets the relationship between psychosocial determinants and abnormal screening mammography follow-up in a medically underserved population. Health belief scales were modified to refer to diagnostic follow-up versus annual screening," scientists writing in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved report.

"A retrospective cohort study design was used. Statistical analyses were performed examining relationships among sociodemographic factors, psychosocial determinants,...

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