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Breast Cancer Screening
Study reveals factors that may improve screening rates for Chinese-Australian women
December 29th, 2005
A recent study reveals factors that may help to improve mammographic screening rates for Chinese-Australian women. Scientists in Australia wrote, "BreastScreen (a free breast cancer screening service) has been implemented in Australia since 1991. Surveys conducted overseas consistently report that women of Chinese ancestry have low participation rates in breast cancer screening." "Although Chinese women's use of breast cancer screening services has been investigated abroad, to date there are few studies of mammographic screening behavior among Chinese-Australian women." C. Kwok and colleagues, University of Sydney determined "to explore and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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