Breast cancer in Asia: incidence, mortality, early detection, mammography programs, and risk-based screening initiatives

YX Lim, ZL Lim, PJ Ho, J Li - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Nearly all breast cancer patients survive for more than five years when the
tumor is found early and in the localized stage. Regular clinical breast examinations …

Practical Approaches to Advancing Health Equity in Radiology, From the AJR Special Series on DEI

N Lopez-Suarez, P Abraham… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Despite significant advances in health care, many patients from medically under-served
populations are impacted by existing health care disparities. Radiologists are uniquely …

Patient-reported experiences of breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment delay, and telemedicine adoption during COVID-19

S Du, L Carfang, E Restrepo, C Benjamin… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Purpose: To evaluate and quantify potential sociodemographic disparities in breast cancer
screening, diagnosis, and treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the use of …

Negotiating cancer alone: A qualitative study exploring care experiences of racially and ethnically diverse women diagnosed with breast cancer during COVID-19

I Martinez Leal, C Acquati, A Rogova… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 has critically impacted cancer care services including reduced screenings,
diagnoses, and surgeries; particularly among Black and Latina/x women who already suffer …

Culturally competent care in the breast imaging clinic: Hispanic/Latino patients

YZ Feliciano-Rivera, J Net, P Sanchez… - Journal of Breast …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hispanic/Latino people represent 19% of the US population, and this proportion is expected
to increase to 26% by 2050. Hispanic/Latino people comprise a diverse ethnic group that …

Mortality by education before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, US, 2017–2020

EC Marlow, A Jemal, B Thomson, D Wiese… - American journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Mortality disparities by SES, including education, have steadily increased in the
US over the past decades. This study examined whether these disparities overall and for 7 …

Text-based intervention increases mammography uptake at an urban safety-net hospital

AD Nanda, KR Reifel, MP Mann… - Annals of surgical …, 2022 - Springer
Background The low mammography rates at the authors' safety-net hospital (SNH) are
associated with higher rates of late-stage disease. Previously, they showed that a phone call …

Home-based lifestyle intervention for breast cancer survivors: A surprising improvement in the quality of life during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic

D Vagnini, V Natalucci, S Moi, L Vallorani, A Pietrelli… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic induced an extraordinary impact on public mental
health to a degree not completely understood, especially in vulnerable populations such as …

[HTML][HTML] Social determinants of health and health inequities in breast cancer screening: a scoping review

V Jhumkhawala, D Lobaina, G Okwaraji… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This scoping review aims to highlight key social determinants of health
associated with breast cancer screening behavior in United States women aged≥ 40 years …

The impact of COVID-19 on 2020 monthly incidence trends of primary brain and other CNS tumors

G Cioffi, KA Waite, M Price, C Neff, C Kruchko… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND In order to mitigate disease spread, restrictions implemented in the United
States surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic created an environment that led to delays in …