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Improving the use of cancer screening for older women
Author(s) -
Rimer Barbara K.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19930801)72:3+<1084::aid-cncr2820721324>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , disease , mammography screening , screening mammography , cancer , breast cancer screening , gerontology , family medicine , gynecology , physics , optics
Breast cancer is a serious disease in terms of incidence and mortality for older women. Older women are likely to receive substantial benefit from mammography because of their increased risk for the disease. However, most women older than 65 years are not getting regular mammograms. There are a number of barriers to breast screening for older women, but perhaps none is more important than the lack of a physician recommendation. Tailored programs are needed if the promise of breast cancer screening is to be realized for older women. Such programs should reflect the heterogeneity of older women. In addition, physicians must be collaborators because of their central role influence.