Screening

Breast Cancer Screenings Low Among American Indian Women

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 29th, 2000

According to a recent study, breast cancer screening rates among urban American Indian women are well below the national estimates due to limited access and lack of education about screenings.

Since, according to the report, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American Indian women and those in the Southwest are more likely to have "distant spread of the disease," B. Risendal and colleagues in Tucson, Arizona, conducted a study to determine use of breast cancer screening methods among this population ("Influence of health care, cost, and culture on breast cancer screening: Issues facing urban American Indian women," Preventive Medicine,...

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