Breast cancer epidemiology, prevention, and screening

S Winters, C Martin, D Murphy, NK Shokar - Progress in molecular biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Globally, breast cancer is both the most commonly occurring cancer and the commonest
cause of cancer death among women. Available data suggest that incidence and mortality in …

Cervical cancer prevention: new tools and old barriers

IC Scarinci, FAR Garcia, E Kobetz… - … Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cervical cancer is the second most common female tumor worldwide, and its incidence is
disproportionately high (> 80%) in the developing world. In the United States, in which …

Factors associated with mammography utilization: a systematic quantitative review of the literature

KM Schueler, PW Chu… - Journal of women's …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Objective: A significant segment of women remains underscreened with mammography. We
sought to summarize literature related to factors associated with receipt of mammography …

[PDF][PDF] Diferencias regionales en la mortalidad por cáncer de mama y cérvix en México entre 1979 y 2006

LS Palacio-Mejía, E Lazcano-Ponce… - Salud pública de …, 2009 - SciELO Public Health
OBJETIVO: Explorar las diferencias regionales en la mortalidad por cáncer de mama
(CaMa) y cervical (CaCu) en México. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se calcularon tendencias de …

[HTML][HTML] HPV vaccination hesitancy among Latina immigrant mothers despite physician recommendation

AB Khodadadi, DT Redden, IC Scarinci - Ethnicity & disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake continues to be low in the United
States. While a recommendation from a health care provider (HCP) has been shown to be …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the awareness of and compliance with breast cancer screening among Turkish residential women

D Yilmaz, H Bebis, T Ortabag - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer …, 2013 - koreascience.kr
Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Despite
being associated with high morbidity and mortality, breast cancer is a disease that can be …

A randomized controlled trial of a cervical cancer education intervention for Latinas delivered through interactive, multimedia kiosks

A Valdez, AM Napoles, SL Stewart, A Garza - Journal of Cancer Education, 2018 - Springer
US Latina women experience disproportionately high cervical cancer incidence and
mortality rates. These health disparities are largely preventable with routine pap tests and …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of cervical cancer screening adherence in urban areas of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

S Visanuyothin, J Chompikul, A Mongkolchati - Journal of infection and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is the most common disease among Thai women. The cervical cancer
mortality rate has increased in the previous decade. Therefore, this cross-sectional study …

Breast cancer screening among Dominican Latinas: A closer look at fatalism and other social and cultural factors

AF Abraído-Lanza, MC Martins… - Health Education & …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
With the marked increase of the Latino population in the United States during the past 20
years, there has been growing interest in the social, cultural, and structural factors that may …

Alcohol misuse among recent Latino immigrants: the protective role of preimmigration familismo.

FR Dillon, M De La Rosa, F Sastre… - Psychology of Addictive …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Familismo in the Latino culture is a value hallmarked by close relations with nuclear and
extended family members throughout the life span, with pronounced levels of loyalty …