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Breast Cancer Screening
Study data from Georgetown University update knowledge of breast cancer screening
January 29th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Latinas are the fastest growing racial ethnic group in the United States and have an incidence of breast cancer that is rising three times faster than that of non-Latino white women, yet their mammography use is lower than that of non-Latino women. We explored factors that predict satisfaction with health-care relationships and examined the effect of satisfaction with health-care relationships on mammography adherence in Latinas." "We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 166 Latinas who were >= 40 years old. Women were recruited from Latino-serving clinics and a Latino health radio program. Mammography adherence was...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-29)
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