Breast cancer screening among African American women: addressing the needs of African American women with known and no known risk factors.
Breast cancer screening among African American women: addressing the needs of African American women with known and no known risk factors.
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非裔美国女性乳腺癌筛查：满足具有已知和未知风险因素的非裔美国女性的需求。
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1999
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S. Underwood
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S. Underwood
乳腺癌是在非裔美国妇女中最常见的癌症。然而，尽管在乳腺癌检测和治疗方面取得了进展，但乳腺癌仍然是导致癌症死亡的主要原因。许多专家认为，如果更有效地使用乳腺癌筛查建议，非洲裔美国妇女的乳腺癌死亡率可以显著降低。然而，对于已知和未知危险因素的女性的乳腺癌筛查行为知之甚少。因此，进行了一项探索性研究，以更广泛地了解非裔美国妇女的乳腺癌筛查行为。还试图确定年龄、所使用的医疗服务类型、乳腺癌风险因素或提供者讨论是否影响对筛查指南的遵守。在研究样本中，非裔美国妇女发现乳腺癌筛查程序明显不足。然而，数据表明，如果卫生保健提供者向妇女提供有关其个人乳腺癌风险的信息，并对其乳腺癌筛查提出个性化建议，则会更好地遵守筛查指南。
Breast cancer is the single most common form of cancer observed in African American women. Yet, in spite of the advances that have been made in the area of breast cancer detection and treatment, breast cancer continues to be their leading cause of cancer death. Many experts believe that breast cancer mortality among African American women could be significantly reduced if breast cancer screening recommendations were more effectively used. However, little is known about the breast cancer screening behaviors of women with known and no known risk factors. An exploratory study was therefore undertaken to gain a broader understanding of the breast cancer screening behaviors of African American women. Attempts were also made to determine if age, type of medical services used, breast cancer risk factors, or provider discussions influenced compliance with screening guidelines. Breast cancer screening procedures were found to be markedly under-used by the African American women in the study sample. However, the data suggested that if health care providers provide women with information regarding their personal breast cancer risk and make a personalized recommendation for their breast cancer screening, greater compliance with screening guidelines would occur.