[HTML][HTML] Breast-cancer tumor size, overdiagnosis, and mammography screening effectiveness

HG Welch, PC Prorok, AJ O'Malley… - New England Journal …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The goal of screening mammography is to detect small malignant tumors before
they grow large enough to cause symptoms. Effective screening should therefore lead to the …

Strategies to empower communities to reduce health disparities

B Thompson, Y Molina, K Viswanath, R Warnecke… - Health …, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
Community-based participatory research is a promising approach to reducing health
disparities. It empowers individuals and communities to become the major players in solving …

A blueprint for cancer screening and early detection: Advancing screening's contribution to cancer control

RC Wender, OW Brawley, SA Fedewa… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
From the mid‐20th century, accumulating evidence has supported the introduction of
screening for cancers of the cervix, breast, colon and rectum, prostate (via shared …

Clinical performance metrics of 3D digital breast tomosynthesis compared with 2D digital mammography for breast cancer screening in community practice

JS Greenberg, MC Javitt, J Katzen… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to assess the clinical performance of combined
2D-3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), referred to as “3D DBT,” compared with 2D digital …

Breast cancer disparities among women in underserved communities in the USA

B Thompson, SD Hohl, Y Molina, ED Paskett… - Current breast cancer …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Breast cancer disparities that exist between high-income
countries (HIC) and low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are also reflected within …

Racial/ethnic disparities in time to a breast cancer diagnosis: the mediating effects of health care facility factors

Y Molina, A Silva, GH Rauscher - Medical care, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Racial/ethnic disparities exist along the breast cancer continuum, including
time to a diagnosis. Previous research has largely focused on patient-level factors, and less …

Challenges implementing lung cancer screening in federally qualified health centers

SB Zeliadt, RM Hoffman, G Birkby, JM Eberth… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The purpose of this study is to identify issues faced by Federally Qualified
Health Centers (FQHCs) in implementing lung cancer screening in low-resource settings …

Multilevel examination of health disparity: the role of policy implementation in neighborhood context, in patient resources, and in healthcare facilities on later stage of …

RB Warnecke, RT Campbell, G Vijayasiri… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2019 - AACR
Background: There is a substantial racial/ethnic disparity in female breast cancer mortality in
Chicago between non-Hispanic black (NHblack) and Hispanic patients compared with their …

Changes in the racial disparity in breast cancer mortality in the ten US cities with the largest African American populations from 1999 to 2013: the reduction in breast …

D Sighoko, AM Murphy, B Irizarry, G Rauscher… - Cancer Causes & …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Assess progress made to reduce racial disparity in breast cancer mortality in
Chicago compared to nine other cities with largest African American populations and the …

[HTML][HTML] Disparity in breast cancer mortality by age and geography in 10 racially diverse US cities

D Sighoko, BR Hunt, B Irizarry, K Watson, D Ansell… - Cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Assess geographic variation in breast cancer racial mortality disparity by age
cohorts in US and ten cities with large African American populations. Methods Non-Hispanic …