Background Economic downturn can have a wide range of effects on medicine at both
individual and national levels. We aim to describe these effects in relation to surgical volume …

Introduction No prevalence studies on cancer screening adherence among Deaf women
have been conducted in the past decade. Current data on breast and cervical cancer …

The aim of this study is examine trends in breast and colorectal cancer screening in the US
by race, healthcare coverage, and socio-economic status (SES) before the Great Recession …

Background: Approximately one-half of cervical cancer cases in the United States occur in
underscreened or never-screened women. We examined predictors to completing …

Introduction Separate bodies of research have studied disparities by disability status and by
race or ethnicity in receipt of cervical cancer screening. Much less is known about how these …

Abstract The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended screening
mammography every 1–2 years for women 40 years and older in 2002, and changed its …

Background: Prior data suggests that breast cancer screening rates are lower among
women in the Appalachian region of the United States. This study examined the changes in …

Purpose In recent years, cancer case counts in the US underwent a large, rapid decline—an
unexpected change given population growth for older persons at highest cancer risk. As …

The slow rate of progression from precursor lesions to invasive cancer provides
opportunities for early detection and cure. Cervical cancer incidence in the United States …

Abstract Background In April 2014 we investigated the association of migration of a woman's
husband with her high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection status and her …