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Cancer Screening
Study identified barriers to obese women obtaining gynecological cancer screening
February 2nd, 2006
Some barriers to obese women obtaining gynecological cancer screening were identified in a recent study. "Obese women are reported to be at higher risk from gynecological cancers than nonobese women, yet these women are less likely to get cancer-screening tests. The specific factors that contribute to obese women not obtaining timely cancer screening have not been identified," according to scientists in the United States. N.K. Amy and colleagues stated, "To investigate the factors that contribute to lower rates of gynecological cancer screening as related to women's body size, a purposeful sample of 498 White and African-American women with body mass...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-02)
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