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Anakwenze CP, Coronado-Interis E, Aung M, Jolly PE. A theory-based intervention to improve breast cancer awareness and screening in Jamaica. PREVENTION SCIENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH 2015; 16:578-85. [PMID: 25391290 DOI: 10.1007/s11121-014-0529-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Despite declines in breast cancer mortality rates in developed countries, mortality rates remain high in Jamaica due to low levels of screening and lack of early detection. We hypothesized that a theory-based health educational intervention would increase awareness of breast cancer and intention to screen among women in Western Jamaica. Two hundred and forty six women attending hospitals or clinics were enrolled in an educational intervention consisting of a pretest, breast cancer presentation, and posttest if they had never been screened or had not been screened in 5 years or more. The questionnaires assessed attitudes and knowledge of risk factors and symptoms related to breast cancer. Participants were followed approximately 6 months after the intervention to determine whether they accessed breast cancer screening. There were statistically significant increases (p < 0.0001) in the percentage of correct knowledge responses and in participants' intention to screen from pretest to posttest. The greatest posttest improvements were among items measuring knowledge of breast cancer screening tests and risk factors. Of the 134 women who were reached by phone for post-intervention follow-up, 30 women (22.4 %) were screened for breast cancer and 104 women (77.6 %) had not been screened. The use of a theory-based educational intervention positively influenced knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, symptoms, and types of screening and increased screening rates in screening-naïve women. This theory-based educational intervention may be replicated to promote awareness of breast cancer and further increase screening rates in other areas of Jamaica and other developing countries.
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- Chidinma P Anakwenze
- School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ryals Public Health Building 217K, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA,
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Lages RB, Oliveira GDP, Simeão Filho VM, Nogueira FM, Teles JBM, Vieira SC. Inequalities associated with lack of mammography in Teresina-Piauí-Brazil, 2010-2011. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EPIDEMIOLOGIA 2014; 15:737-47. [PMID: 23515770 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2012000400006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Randomized studies have shown that screening for breast cancer with mammography reduces the breast cancer mortality. However there are signs of a great inequality in access to mammography in Brazil. OBJECTIVES To analyze the percentage of women who did not undergo mammography according to socioeconomic and demographic variables in women aged from 40 to 69 years in Teresina, Piauí State, Brazil. METHODS This was a cross-sectional population-based study in women aged 40-69 years in Teresina-Piauí in 2010/2011. The sampling was randomly conducted in five stages. The data were processed by SPSS 19.0 and it was performed univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS Among 433 women who answered the questionnaire, 75,3% had a mammography and 17,2% of these women had not a mammography over the last two years. The lack of breast cancer screening was associated with non-white skin color (p = 0,030), never being married (p = 0,041), low levels of education (p = 0,010), low family income (p < 0,001), smoking (p = 0,006), having no private health insurance (p < 0,001). The Unified National Health System (SUS) performed 56,3% of reported mammograms. CONCLUSION About 24.7% of women in the sample never had a mammography. According to the findings, the lack of breast cancer screening is associated with social and racial inequalities.
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Román M, Rué M, Sala M, Ascunce N, Baré M, Baroja A, De la Vega M, Galcerán J, Natal C, Salas D, Sánchez-Jacob M, Zubizarreta R, Castells X. Trends in detection of invasive cancer and ductal carcinoma in situ at biennial screening mammography in Spain: a retrospective cohort study. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83121. [PMID: 24376649 PMCID: PMC3871523 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer incidence has decreased in the last decade, while the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has increased substantially in the western world. The phenomenon has been attributed to the widespread adaption of screening mammography. The aim of the study was to evaluate the temporal trends in the rates of screen detected invasive cancers and DCIS, and to compare the observed trends with respect to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use along the same study period. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of 1,564,080 women aged 45-69 years who underwent 4,705,681 screening mammograms from 1992 to 2006. Age-adjusted rates of screen detected invasive cancer, DCIS, and HRT use were calculated for first and subsequent screenings. Poisson regression was used to evaluate the existence of a change-point in trend, and to estimate the adjusted trends in screen detected invasive breast cancer and DCIS over the study period. RESULTS The rates of screen detected invasive cancer per 100.000 screened women were 394.0 at first screening, and 229.9 at subsequent screen. The rates of screen detected DCIS per 100.000 screened women were 66.8 at first screen and 43.9 at subsequent screens. No evidence of a change point in trend in the rates of DCIS and invasive cancers over the study period were found. Screen detected DCIS increased at a steady 2.5% per year (95% CI: 1.3; 3.8), while invasive cancers were stable. CONCLUSION Despite the observed decrease in breast cancer incidence in the population, the rates of screen detected invasive cancer remained stable during the study period. The proportion of DCIS among screen detected breast malignancies increased from 13% to 17% throughout the study period. The rates of screen detected invasive cancer and DCIS were independent of the decreasing trend in HRT use observed among screened women after 2002.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Early Detection of Cancer/trends
- Female
- Hormone Replacement Therapy/statistics & numerical data
- Humans
- Incidence
- Mammography
- Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Spain/epidemiology
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- Marta Román
- Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Network for Research into Healthcare in Chronic Diseases (REDISECC), Madrid, Spain
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- Network for Research into Healthcare in Chronic Diseases (REDISECC), Madrid, Spain
- Basic Medical Sciences Department, Biomedical Research Institut of Lleida (IRBLLEIDA)-University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Network for Research into Healthcare in Chronic Diseases (REDISECC), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Navarra Breast Cancer Screening Programme, Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Oficina Tècnica de Cribratge, Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- La Rioja Breast Cancer Screening Programme, Fundacion Rioja Salud, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Dirección General de Programas Asistenciales, Consejería de Sanidad, Servicio Canario de Salud, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Foundation Society for Cancer Research and Prevention, Pere Virgili Health Research Institute, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Program & Analysis Unit, Health Office, Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain
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- General Directorate Public Health & Centre for Public Health Research, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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- Servicio de Promoción de la Salud y Programas Preventivos, Consejería de Sanidad, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
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- Galician Breast Cancer Screening Programme, Public Health & Planning Directorate, Health Office, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Network for Research into Healthcare in Chronic Diseases (REDISECC), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Situación de la investigación en el cribado de cáncer de mama en España: implicaciones para la prevención. GACETA SANITARIA 2012; 26:574-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2011.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dissemination of periodic mammography and patterns of use, by birth cohort, in Catalonia (Spain). BMC Cancer 2008; 8:336. [PMID: 19014679 PMCID: PMC2613154 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In Catalonia (Spain) breast cancer mortality has declined since the beginning of the 1990 s. The dissemination of early detection by mammography and the introduction of adjuvant treatments are among the possible causes of this decrease, and both were almost coincident in time. Thus, understanding how these procedures were incorporated into use in the general population and in women diagnosed with breast cancer is very important for assessing their contribution to the reduction in breast cancer mortality. In this work we have modeled the dissemination of periodic mammography and described repeat mammography behavior in Catalonia from 1975 to 2006. METHODS Cross-sectional data from three Catalan Health Surveys for the calendar years 1994, 2002 and 2006 was used. The dissemination of mammography by birth cohort was modeled using a mixed effects model and repeat mammography behavior was described by age and survey year. RESULTS For women born from 1938 to 1952, mammography clearly had a period effect, meaning that they started to have periodic mammograms at the same calendar years but at different ages. The age at which approximately 50% of the women were receiving periodic mammograms went from 57.8 years of age for women born in 1938-1942 to 37.3 years of age for women born in 1963-1967. Women in all age groups experienced an increase in periodic mammography use over time, although women in the 50-69 age group have experienced the highest increase. Currently, the target population of the Catalan Breast Cancer Screening Program, 50-69 years of age, is the group that self-reports the highest utilization of periodic mammograms, followed by the 40-49 age group. A higher proportion of women of all age groups have annual mammograms rather than biennial or irregular ones. CONCLUSION Mammography in Catalonia became more widely implemented during the 1990 s. We estimated when cohorts initiated periodic mammograms and how frequently women are receiving them. These two pieces of information will be entered into a cost-effectiveness model of early detection in Catalonia.
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Villanueva EV, Jones S, Nehill C, Favelle S, Steel D, Iverson D, Zorbas H. The 2003 Australian Breast Health Survey: survey design and preliminary results. BMC Public Health 2008; 8:13. [PMID: 18194528 PMCID: PMC2248181 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The Breast Health Surveys, conducted by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) in 1996 and 2003, are designed to gain insight into the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of a nationally representative sample of Australian women on issues relevant to breast cancer. In this article, we focus on major aspects of the design and present results on respondents' knowledge about mammographic screening. Methods The 2003 BHS surveyed English-speaking Australian women aged 30–69 without a history of breast cancer using computer-assisted telephone interviewing. Questions covered the following themes: knowledge and perceptions about incidence, mortality and risk; knowledge and behaviour regarding early detection, symptoms and diagnosis; mammographic screening; treatment; and accessibility and availability of information and services. Respondents were selected using a complex sample design involving stratification. Sample weights against Australian population benchmarks were used in all statistical analyses. Means and proportions for the entire population and by age group and area of residence were calculated. Statistical tests were conducted using a level of significance of 0.01. Results Of the 3,144 respondents who consented to being interviewed, 138 (4.4%) had a previous diagnosis of breast cancer and were excluded leaving 3,006 completed interviews eligible for analysis. A majority of respondents (61.1%) reported ever having had a mammogram and 29.1% identified mammography as being the best way of finding breast cancer. A majority of women (85.9%) had heard of the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) program, the national mammographic screening program providing free biennial screening mammograms, with 94.5% believing that BSA attendance was available regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms. There have been substantial gains in women's knowledge about mammographic screening over the seven years between the two surveys. Conclusion The NBCC Breast Health Surveys provide a valuable picture of the knowledge of Australian women about a range of issues. The present analysis shows significant gains in knowledge and behaviours relating to mammographic screening, while identifying additional areas for targeted improvement, as in the need to better communicate with women about screening and diagnostic services. Further analysis of additional core topic areas (eg., incidence, mortality, risk and treatment) will provide equally noteworthy insight.
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Cabeza E, Esteva M, Pujol A, Thomas V, Sánchez-Contador C. Social disparities in breast and cervical cancer preventive practices. Eur J Cancer Prev 2007; 16:372-9. [PMID: 17554211 DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000236243.55866.b0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Knowledge of factors related to the use of preventive practices is essential in order to build strategies to decrease cancer incidence and mortality. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of women who periodically use cervical smear and mammography. This is a cross-sectional study based on the 2001 Balearic Health Survey, using a stratified sample of non-institutionalized population resident in the Balearic Islands. The study included 560 women, aged 20 years or over. The variables studied were age, marital status, social class, education, place of residence and birth, self-perceived health status, satisfaction with health services, job status and type of medical coverage. A multivariate analysis was performed using logistic regression models. Thirty-five per cent had regular mammography (72% between 50 and 64 years) and 54% had cervical smears. The probability of having undergone mammography is higher in women between the ages of 50 and 64 years [odds ratio (OR)=11.74; interval confidence (IC): 5.89-23.39] and in those with additional medical coverage (OR=1.97; IC: 1.19-3.27) and much lower in single women (OR=0.22; IC: 0.10-0.49). The probability of having undergone a Pap test increases according to educational level (OR=2.25; IC: 0.98-5.18 for women in the higher level) and social class (OR=1.98; IC: 0.91-4.28 for social class I) and decreases in women older than 65 years (OR=0.15; IC: 0.07-0.35) and in single women (OR=0.29; IC: 0.16-0.50). Age and marital status are factors related to both practices. Socio-economic status remains associated with cervical smear use, while having an additional medical coverage increases the probability of regular mammography.
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- Elena Cabeza
- Department of Public Health, Balearic Department of Health and Consumer Affairs, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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Barchielli A, Federico M, De Lisi V, Bucchi L, Ferretti S, Paci E, Ponti A, Buiatti E. In situ breast cancer: Incidence trend and organised screening programmes in Italy. Eur J Cancer 2005; 41:1045-50. [PMID: 15862754 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2004] [Revised: 11/30/2004] [Accepted: 12/16/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The effect of mammography screening programmes on the incidence of in situ breast cancer (CIS) is described by analysis of the CIS incidence trend in the 1990s and comparison of pre-screening and screening periods in six areas of Italy. All 1069 CIS arising in women aged 40-79 years between 1988 and 1999 were analysed through age-standardised rates and Poisson regression models. The results show that, for the whole series, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) represented 89% and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) 11% of CIS detected. For all six areas, the introduction of screening increased the incidence of DCIS (screening/pre-screening ratio, range 1.12-1.77). Overall, DCIS represented 11% (226/2022) of all screening-detected cancers. A significant increasing trend in DCIS incidence during the 1990s and a modification in pattern of age-specific incidence rates after the beginning of screening programmes were observed. This increase can largely be explained by screening programmes. The incidence observed during the screening period was a persistent 39% higher than during the pre-screening period, after adjustment for the "percentage of cases diagnosed by screening". The increase also involves women at an age not targeted by screening programmes. In conclusion, as the increasing trend in DCIS is not completely explained by the effect of the screening programmes, this supports the use of mammography as a "spontaneous" preventive practice during ongoing organised screening programmes, particularly among age groups not usually invited for screening. Therefore, the effect of mammography on stage-specific incidence of CIS may be more marked than expected on the basis of the effect of screening programmes.
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- Alessandro Barchielli
- Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Unit 10, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy.
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Jelinski SE, Maxwell CJ, Onysko J, Bancej CM. The influence of breast self-examination on subsequent mammography participation. Am J Public Health 2005; 95:506-11. [PMID: 15727985 PMCID: PMC1449210 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2003.032656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated whether breast self-examination (BSE) influences subsequent mammography participation. METHODS We evaluated associations between BSE and subsequent mammography participation, adjusting for baseline screening behaviors and sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle characteristics, among women aged 40 years and older using data from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey. RESULTS Regular performance of BSE at baseline was not associated with receipt of a recent mammogram at follow-up among all women (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=1.01; 95% confidence interval [CI]= 0.75, 1.35) or with mammography uptake among the subgroup of women reporting never use at baseline (adjusted OR=0.78; 95% CI=0.50, 1.22). CONCLUSIONS The lack of association between performance of BSE and subsequent mammography participation suggests that not recommending BSE is unlikely to influence mammography participation.
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- Susan E Jelinski
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Baré ML, Montes J, Florensa R, Sentís M, Donoso L. Factors related to non-participation in a population-based breast cancer screening programme. Eur J Cancer Prev 2004; 12:487-94. [PMID: 14639126 DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200312000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The main objectives were to describe the measures taken by women to detect breast disease prior to invitation to participate in a screening programme for breast cancer, and to identify factors related to non-participation in this programme. A cross-sectional study was designed at the Breast Cancer Early Detection Program of Sabadell-Cerdanyola (BCEDP), using data collected in interviews conducted face to face or over the telephone with 13 760 women participating in the programme and 280 non-participants. A total of 74.2% of the participants versus 70.4% of the non-participants reported having taken measures to detect breast disease, and 71.7% of the participants had undergone mammography versus 69.6% of the non-participants. Of the 10 057 women who had had mammograms, 58% had done so less than 2 years previously. Factors found to be associated to non-participation in the multivariate analysis were: higher level of education, higher occupational skills or working at home, self- or gynaecological examination of breasts, and having received hormone replacement therapy. Higher age group was the only factor that increased the probability of not having undergone mammography previously. Despite the high prevalence of prior measures to detect breast cancer and the similar prevalence between participating and non-participating women, this behaviour is much less prevalent in the group of women 60 years of age or older.
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- M L Baré
- Epidemiology and Assessment Unit, Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain.
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Ordoñana Martín JR, Pérez Riquelme F, González Javier F, Gómez Amor J. Baja tasa de participación en el cribado inicial de la prevención del cáncer de mama: posibles factores contribuyentes. Med Clin (Barc) 2004; 122:555-6. [PMID: 15117651 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(04)74302-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Buiatti E, Barchielli A, Bartolacci S, Federico M, De Lisi V, Bucchi L, Ferretti S, Paci E, Segnan N, Tumino R. The impact of organised screening programmes on the stage-specific incidence of breast cancer in some Italian areas. Eur J Cancer 2003; 39:1776-82. [PMID: 12888374 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(03)00322-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the effects of mammographic screening programmes on stage-specific incidence of breast cancer. The study compared prescreening and screening periods in seven areas in Italy, primarily evaluating the first screening round. All 17617 breast cancers (16554 invasive, 1063 in situ) registered in women aged 40-79 years between 1988 and 1999 were analysed through age-standardised rates and Poisson regression models. For all areas, independent of the baseline rates, the introduction of screening increased incidence for invasive cancers overall and, more markedly, for early cancers (screening/prescreening ratio: range 1.07-1.47 and 1.23-1.82, respectively), modifying the pattern of age-specific rates. The multiple regression analysis showed that the percentage of cases diagnosed at screening explained most of the increase; a residual effect of diagnosis period (screening versus prescreening) suggested a role for 'spontaneous' early detection in ages outside of the screening programme. Advanced cases did not show consistent variations across the registries for those aged 40-79 years (range: 0.91-1.21), whereas a more coherent picture was observed for those aged 50-69 years. In one area, a moderate reduction in the number of 'advanced' cases in the second screening period was observed. For all stages, the age-specific incidence rates of cases diagnosed outside of the screening programme for the age groups 50-69 years were lower than the corresponding rates in the prescreening period, suggesting a shift from the usual clinical services to the screening programme. Our results confirmed the increase in early-stage cancers occurring at the start of screening, and substantially explained the rise in breast cancer incidence. In addition, our study confirms the importance of cancer registries in monitoring the effect of breast cancer screening and the validity, for this purpose, of the linkage between cancer registries and screening programme databases.
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- Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Unit 10, Via di San Salvi 12, 50135 Florence, Italy
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Castells X, Borràs JM. [Screening for breast cancer: scientific evidence and the media]. GACETA SANITARIA 2000; 14:97-9. [PMID: 11203055 DOI: 10.1016/s0213-9111(00)71441-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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