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Mammography facilities serving vulnerable women have longer follow-up times. [PDF]

, 2019
ObjectiveTo investigate mammography facilities' follow-up times, population vulnerability, system-based processes, and association with cancer stage at diagnosis.Data sourcesProspectively collected from San Francisco Mammography Registry (SFMR) 2005-2011,
Kaplan, Celia, Karliner, Leah S, Kerlikowske, Karla, Livaudais-Toman, Jennifer   +3 more
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Breast cancer screening among Medicare Advantage enrollees with dementia

BMC Health Services Research
Background The decision to screen for breast cancer among older adults with dementia is complex and must often be individualized, as these individuals have an elevated risk of harm from over-screening.
Eli Raver, Wendy Y. Xu, Jeah Jung, Sunmin Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep-CNN for Disease Classification using Enhanced Mammographic Images

Frontiers in Biomedical Technologies
Purpose: Breast cancer has become one of the most common diseases that women face today as a result of poor nutrition and other environmental factors.
Ramesh Vaish, Praveen Kumar Shukla
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Knowledge and awareness of breast cancer in Muslim population of Belagavi city: A population survey

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Breast cancer is a common cancer seen in women. The awareness of breast cancer plays an important role in the early detection and prevention of the disease, but due to lack of awareness regarding breast cancer screening, most of the cases ...
Renu Pattanshetty, Varsha S Huddar, Saira Khan   +2 more
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Automated System for Early Breast Cancer Detection in Mammograms [PDF]

, 1993
The increasing demand on mammographic screening for early breast cancer detection, and the subtlety of early breast cancer signs on mammograms, suggest an automated image processing system that can serve as a diagnostic aid in radiology clinics.
Bankman, Isaac N., Brody, William R., Christens-Barry, William A., Gatewood, Olga B., Kim, Dong W., Weinberg, Irving N.   +5 more
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A method to quantify residents\u27 jargon use during counseling of standardized patients about cancer screening [PDF]

, 2008
Background Jargon is a barrier to effective patient-physician communication, especially when health literacy is low or the topic is complicated. Jargon is addressed by medical schools and residency programs, but reducing jargon usage by the many ...
Christopher, Stephanie, Deuster, Lindsay, Donovan, Jodi, Farrell, Michael   +3 more
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Factors associated with receipt of mammogram among caregivers: a comparison with non-caregivers

BMC Women's Health, 2020
Background caregiving responsibilities significantly impact females’ decisions on adhering to preventive mammography. The purpose of this study is to examine (1) the levels of mammogram receipt, (2) the role of caregiving factors on the receipt of ...
Soo Young Kim, Yuqi Guo, Chorong Won, Hee Yun Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Male Breast Abscess Secondary to Actinomycosis: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Primary breast actinomycosis is a rare condition that has been previously reported in the female breast. Male breast infection is uncommon and most often associated with trauma to the skin or predisposing conditions like diabetes.
Shavitri A Mahendiran, A. Jill Leibman, Adam S. Kornmehl   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence in breast cancer imaging: risk stratification, lesion detection and classification, treatment planning and prognosis—a narrative review

Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy, 2022
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) represents a real game changer in today’s landscape of breast cancer imaging. Several innovative AI-based tools have been developed and validated in recent years that promise to accelerate the goal of real ...
Maurizio Cè, Elena Caloro, Maria E. Pellegrino, Mariachiara Basile, Adriana Sorce, Deborah Fazzini, Giancarlo Oliva, Michaela Cellina   +7 more
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Mammography screening: views from women and primary care physicians in Crete [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of death from cancer in women in Europe. Although breast cancer incidence is on the rise worldwide, breast cancer mortality over the past 25 years has been ...
A Hackshaw, B Keller, BS Flynn, C Brotons, Christos Lionis, CJ Herman, CJ Maxwell, D Silverman, Dimitris Tsiftsis, DM Parkin, E Pappa, E Van den Akker-van Marle, Eileen Green, EL Tolma, Eugenios Koumantakis, F Levi, FE Griffiths, FR Young, Frances Griffiths, G Ogedegbe, G Ogedegbe, H Bekker, I Garas, J Ferlay, J Green, JR Beckett, JS Mandelblatt, K Souliotis, KK Engelman, KK Engelman, L Cortesi, L Santora, LJ Slikkerveer, M Alcaraz, M Bazargan, M Lagerlund, M Patton, Maria Trigoni, MD Beaulieu, N Day, N Duport, N Lurie, O Ganry, Oliver-Vázquez Marlén, P Franks, P Kloppe, RG Blanks, S Halabi, S Payne, SS Coughlin, SW Duffy, T Mousiama, Yabroff K Robin   +52 more
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