Title
Breast cancer screening among women from 65 to 74 years of age in 1987-88 and 1991. NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Publication Date
1992-12-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Breast Self-Examination; Data Collection; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Mammography; Mass Screening; Medicare Part B; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Physical Examination; Risk Factors; United States
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Women's Studies
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare breast cancer screening rates from the 1991 survey with data from 1987-88 for women aged 65 to 74.
DESIGN: Surveys of women from five communities.
SETTINGS: Five control communities of the National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Screening Consortium.
PARTICIPANTS: White, non-Hispanic women, ages 65 to 74; 499 in 1987-88 and 2156 in 1991. Response rates for the first survey wave ranged by area from 65% to 77% and for the second survey wave, from 62% to 85%.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Mammogram and clinical breast examination during the past year and performance of monthly breast self examination, with the screening rates in wave 2 directly standardized to the income and education distribution of wave 1 in each area.
RESULTS: Mammography use between waves increased significantly (P < 0.05 after adjusting for education, income, and age) in all but one area (from 19% to 33% in wave 1 to 35% to 59% in wave 2). Among women who had a mammogram, the percent who also had a clinical breast examination decreased between waves from 95% to 85% (P = 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Mammography in older women increased dramatically over 3 years, although the use of clinical breast examination may be decreasing.
Source
Ann Intern Med. 1992 Dec 1;117(11):961-6.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Annals of internal medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
1443958
Repository Citation
Coleman EA, Feuer EJ, Costanza ME. (1992). Breast cancer screening among women from 65 to 74 years of age in 1987-88 and 1991. NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium. Women’s Health Research Faculty Publications. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/93