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BACKGROUND: Although the use of mammography on at regular intervals can save lives, not all women obtain the repeat mammography recommended in guidelines.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations between routine mammography use, perceived cancer risk, and actual projected cancer risk.

METHODS: We include women who were 45 to 75 years of age and who had responded to the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Women who reported that they believed their risk of getting cancer in the future was “medium” or “high” were considered jointly as “medium/high-risk perception.” “Routine mammography use” was defined as having ≥ 3 mammograms in the previous 6 years. We used logistic regression to determine the independent relation between cancer risk perception, projected breast cancer risk, and routine mammography use.

RESULTS: Of the 6,002 women …