The Influence of Health Status, Age, and Race on Screening Mammography in Elderly Women | Zendy

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The Influence of Health Status, Age, and Race on Screening Mammography in Elderly Women

Author(s) -

Julie Bynum,

Joel B. Braunstein,

Phoebe D. Sharkey,

Kathleen Haddad,

Albert W. Wu

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.18.2083

Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , demography , black women , breast cancer , retrospective cohort study , breast cancer screening , propensity score matching , cohort , gynecology , gerontology , cancer , gender studies , sociology

Screening mammography is controversial for elderly women because of an absence of efficacy data. Decisions to screen are based on individualized assessment of risks and benefits. Our objective was to determine how screening mammography varies by age and race when adjusted for propensity to die.

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