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In cross-sectional research designs, it is not clear whether reported age differences reflect 'true' age effects and/or presumed period effects resulting from evolving knowledge and screening programmes. Methods: We use longitudinal data from the survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARELIFE, ...
As a surgeon who is part of a group that deals with a large number of patients with breast disease, I was pleased to see that the authors demonstrated the cost-ineffectiveness of annual screening mammography examinations in women 40 to 49 years old. The authors cogently discuss the ...
Abstract Importance Guidelines recommend that women 75 years and older be informed of the benefits and harms of mammography before screening. Objective To test the effects of receipt of a paper-based mammography screening decision aid (DA) for women 75 years and older on their screening decisions....
efforts have been directed toward developing breast cancer screening and early detection methods. Breast cancer mortality rates have declined by 2.3% per year from 1990-2000 in all women, with larger increases in women younger than 50 years of age. This decline is most likely the result of earl...
Recent Examples on the Web Biennial screening mammography should be an individual decision. Barron H. Lerner, STAT, 2 May 2024 The major change outlined in the recommendation statement is the age at which all women should now start mammography, but the statement included information on other facet...
Primary outcomes were whether an individual had received a mammogram in the past year and whether she had received a pap screening in the past 3 years. Network-level predictors included network composition (size of network, average age of network members, satisfaction with family communication) and...
Since tumor growth rate seems to be faster in the younger age group, screening should be performed annually, starting at 40 years of age, if it is to provide a benefit. 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc. 展开 关键词: breast neoplasms epidemiology age factors mammography public health ...
Age-targeted digital mammography screening is "currently the most efficient approach " to provision of such screening in the US population, concludes a recent study. A discrete-event simulation model was used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of digital mammography screening for breast cancer among ...
摘要: Summary The Alberta Clinical Practice Guideline Program, as part of its process for updating its clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) on breast cancer screening, requested a review of the current evidence. The objectives of this assessment were to focus on the evidence...