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Breast Cancer
Study indicates need to ease mammography pain experienced by 76% of black women
September 8th, 2005
A new study from Johns Hopkins researchers documents the urgent need to ease mammography pain experienced by many African-American women, said Baylor breast surgeon Gail Lebovic, MD The study, published in the August, 2005, issue of the Journal of Community Health, found that 76% of African-American women reported mammography discomfort, with 96% of them blaming machine compression. Of those women, a statistically significant percentage said discomfort from the procedure made it less likely they would have another mammogram within 2 years. The survey encompassed 530 black women, age 45 and older, who lived in urban settings. Lebovic is the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-08)
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