Background: Obese women are reported to be at higher risk from gynecological cancers
than nonobese women, yet these women are less likely to get cancer-screening tests. The …

INTRODUCTION: Evidence indicates lower rates of breast and cervical cancer screening
among obese compared to nonobese women. This integrative review examines the …

BACKGROUND: The reasons that obese women are less likely to obtain mammograms and
Papanicolaou tests (Pap smears) are poorly understood. This study evaluated associations …

BACKGROUND: Despite increased cancer incidence and mortality among overweight and
obese men and women, US studies have reported the reduced use of cancer screening …

The literature examining obesity as a barrier to screening for breast, cervical, and colorectal
cancer has not been evaluated systematically. With the increasing prevalence of obesity and …

Obesity increases cancer risk, yet small-scale surveys indicate that obese women delay or
avoid cancer screening even more so than do nonobese women. We sought to estimate the …

Objectives: We examined cervical cancer screening by BMI in white, African‐American, and
Hispanic women and explored women's reasons for not undergoing screening. Research …

Obese women are at higher risk for the development of both endometrial and ovarian
carcinoma. Biochemical mechanisms reoresent documented causal factors but the role of …

BACKGROUND: Compared to normal weight women, women with obesity have higher
mortality from breast cancer but are less often screened. OBJECTIVES: To examine the …

Background: Compared with thinner women, obese women have higher mortality rates for
breast and cervical cancer. In addition, obesity leads to adverse social and psychological …