Risk Factors for Late Screening Mammography

Patient Characteristics Associated With Patient-Reported Deterrents to Adjunct Breast Cancer Screening of Patients With Dense Breasts

“…This was a single institution study involving women with dense breasts. The frequency of high-risk status in our sample was similar to the frequency reported in the literature for the general population (5.6%) [10] and suggests that our study sample consists of a representative cross-section of breast cancer risk among women with dense breasts. Nonetheless, the findings might not be generalizable to other populations, including women with non-dense breasts.…”

“…Our data confirm findings from prior studies [24][25][26] that a history of being called back from a screening exam for diagnostic workup is not associated with a worsening of attitude toward screening examinations. Previous studies have reported mixed results regarding an association between race and breast cancer screening utilization when controlling for other patient variables [10][11][12]27]. We detected no independent association of race with patient attitudes toward any of the deterrents, although the low numbers of patients who were not White may have reduced our ability to detect a difference between races.…”

“…Another study of women 65 years old and older reported lower screening utilization with increasing age [12]. An increased likelihood of an overdue screening mammogram examination was found to be associated with younger patient age [10]. Our data add to these prior findings by suggesting that younger patients may be less concerned about the physical impact of an adjunct screening examination (pain, IV contrast, or additional imaging) and more concerned about the examination's impact on their daily life (cost and time).…”

“…was included as a predictor variable because some studies suggest a possible association between race and breast cancer screening behaviors [10][11][12] were based on the normal approximation Wald method. Although the regression analyses are presented in tabular fashion using solely OR and AOR, reciprocal ratios (i.e., 1/OR and 1/AOR) were computed for additional description of significant associations with an OR or AOR less than 1.…”

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening volumes and patient screening behaviors

“…This information is of paramount importance in designing outreach efforts to encourage patients to resume breast cancer screening. Previous studies have suggested that several patient variables may affect patient breast cancer screening behaviors, including age [9][10][11][12], race [11][12][13], breast density [14], and socioeconomic variables [13,[15][16][17].…”