Targeting Screening Mammography According to Life Expectancy Among Women Undergoing Dialysis | Zendy

Louise C. Walter | Zendy; Karla Lindquist | Zendy; Ann M. O’Hare | Zendy; Kirsten L. Johansen | Zendy

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Targeting Screening Mammography According to Life Expectancy Among Women Undergoing Dialysis

Author(s) -

Louise C. Walter,

Karla Lindquist,

Ann M. O’Hare,

Kirsten L. Johansen

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.11.1203

Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , life expectancy , mammography , confidence interval , mortality rate , obstetrics , population , breast cancer , cancer , environmental health

Screening guidelines recommend that mammography be targeted to women likely to live longer than 5 years. Because women undergoing dialysis have a reduced but variable life expectancy, their appropriate use of screening is controversial. Therefore, we conducted this study to describe national mammography rates among women undergoing dialysis with differing prognostic factors and to determine whether screening is targeted to healthier women who live longer.

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