The Effect of Social Associations on Mammography Screening Disparities in Rural Communities: A County-Level Secondary Analysis. [PDF]
Cancer MedIntroduction Mammography screening rates in rural counties are lower compared to urban counties. We hypothesized that social associations may help ameliorate this rural–urban disparity.
Bernacchi V +7 more
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Assessment of breast density in women from different regions of Brazil
Heliyon, 2021 In many countries, there is an interest in determining the location of the women with the highest breast density. This investigation is important for optimize screening for breast cancer for women with dense breasts as other imaging modalities since 2D ...
Camila Engler +4 more
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An image quality review programme in a population‐based mammography screening service
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2021 Introduction Mammography is one of the most technically demanding radiographic processes, and mammography quality assurance initiatives are priorities in the implementation of public health screening services.
Vania Galli +4 more
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Validity of self-reported mammography uptake in the Belgian health interview survey: selection and reporting bias. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: The validity of self-reported mammography uptake is often questioned. We assessed the related selection and reporting biases among women aged 50-69 years in the Belgian Health Interview Survey (BHIS) using reimbursement data for mammography ...
Charafeddine, Rana +15 more
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Blind-ending bifid ureter – a case report of rare congenital anomaly and its sonographic appearance
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2022 We report a case of a blind-ending bifid ureter in a 67-year-old woman with ascites initially diagnosed with B-mode and Color Doppler ultrasonography and afterwards verified with contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography. A literature review of the
Łyczek Wojciech, Migda Bartosz
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Lesions of “uncertain malignant potential” in the breast (B3) identified with mammography screening
BMC Cancer, 2018 Background Core needle biopsy (CNB) is a standard diagnostic procedure in the setting of breast cancer screening. However, CNB may result in the borderline diagnoses of lesion of uncertain malignant potential (B3). The aim of this study was to access the
Christiane Richter-Ehrenstein +3 more
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Ethnicity and the surgical management of early invasive breast cancer in over 164 000 women
BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 This large national study examined in detail the patterns in surgical management of early breast cancer in women of different ethnicities. Allowing for different patterns of age and stage at presentation, the surgical management of early breast cancer was similar in all women, regardless of ethnicity. All treated the same Background Limited information
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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 ...
Frances Griffiths +17 more
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Report on the Breast Ultrasound and Mammography Workshop held in Pretoria, 23-26 September 1999
South African Journal of Radiology, 2000 No abstract available.
Garth Kruger
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Screen-film versus full-field digital mammography: Radiation dose and image quality in a large teaching hospital [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2013 The objective of this paper is to measure the radiation dose and image quality in conventional screen-film mammography and full-field digital mammography in women referred to mammography examination.
Stantić Tomislav J. +5 more
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