Open AccessBreast Cancer in the Elderly: An Observational Study Investigating Compliance of Screening Mammography in an Underserved Community
Author(s) -
Shruti Sharma,
Dixita Patel,
Sushma Pavuluri,
Amy Stein,
Binal Patel,
Nadia K. Qureshi,
Imran Hasnuddin,
Tsvetelina Todorova,
K Srinivasan,
Masood Ghouse
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1920-454X
pISSN - 1920-4531
DOI - 10.14740/wjon1397
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , mammography , breast cancer , compliance (psychology) , breast cancer screening , mammography screening , cancer , family medicine , medical physics , psychology , social psychology
The incidence of breast cancer increases with age. Individuals living in higher socioeconomic communities also have higher incidence secondary to early detection of breast cancer from increased accessibility to mammograms. This retrospective study studied the percentage of new breast cancer cases in the elderly between 2010 and 2019, and investigated the compliance of screening mammography in some of the medically underserved suburbs of southern Chicago.