Maximizing the Referral of Older Women for Screening Mammography

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-178

  Lemkau, Jeanne Parr ^a,c   Grady, Kathleen ^b   Carlson, Sydne ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Inst of Behav Med   (United States)

^c Women's Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030094896     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.5.3.174     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. American Cancer Society Inc. 1994 Cancer Facts and Figures. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society Inc; 1994.
2. Smart CR, ed. Working Guidelines for Early Cancer Detection: Rationale and Supporting Evidence to Decrease Mortality. Buffalo, NY: American Cancer Institute; 1989.
3. Woolf SW, Kamerow DB, Lawrence RS, Medalie JH, Estes EH. The periodic health examination of older adults: the recommendations of the US Preventive Services Task Force, II: screening tests. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1990;38:933-942.
4. Harris JR, Lippman ME, Veronesi U, Willet W. Breast cancer: first of three parts. N Engl J Med. 1992;327:319-328.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mammography and clinical breast examinations among women aged 50 and older: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1993;42:737-741.
6. American Cancer Society Inc. Survey of physicians' attitudes and practices in early cancer detection. CA Cancer J Clin. 1990;40:77-101.
7. Whitman S, Lacey L, Ansell D, Chen EH, Dell J, Phillips CW. Do chart reviews and interviews provide the same information about breast and cervical cancer screening. Int J Epidemiol. 1993;22:393-397.
8. Ackerman SP, Brackbill RM, Bewerse BA. Cancer screening behaviors among US women: breast cancer, 1987-1989, and cervical cancer, 1988-1989. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ. 1992;41:17-34.
9. Weinberger M, Saunders AF, Samsa GP, et al. Breast cancer screening in older women: practices and barriers reported by primary care physicians. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39:22-29.
10. NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium. Screening mammography: a missed clinical opportunity? JAMA. 1990;264:54-58.
11. Coll PP, O'Connor PJ, Crabtree BF, Bresdine RW. Effects of age, education and physician advice on utilization of screening mammography. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1989;37:957-962.
12. Glockner SM, Holden MG, Hilton SV, Norcross WA. Women's attitudes toward screening mammography. Am J Prev Med. 1992;8:69-77.
13. Grady KE, Lemkau JP, McVay JM, Reisine ST. The importance of physician encouragement in breast cancer screening of older women. Prev Med. 1992; 21:766-780.
14. Fox SA, Murata PJ, Stein JA. The impact of physician compliance on screening mammography for older women. Arch Intern Med. 1991;151:50-56.
15. Aiken LS, West SG, Woodward CK, Reno RR. Health beliefs and compliance with mammography-screening recommendations in asymptomatic women. Health Psychol. 1994;13:122-129.
16. Caplan LS, Wells BL, Haynes S. Breast cancer screening among older racial/ ethnic minorities and whites: barriers to early detection. J Gerontol. 1992;47: 101-110.
17. Fox SA, Stein JA. The effect of physician-patient communication on mammography utilization by different ethnic groups. Med Care. 1991;29:1065-1082.
18. Taplin SH, Montano DE. Attitudes, age, and participation in mammographic screening: a prospective analysis. J Am Board Fam Pract. 1993;6:13-23.
19. Love SM. Dr Susan Love's Breast Book. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley; 1991.
20. National Institutes of Health. Treatment of early-stage breast cancer. NIH Consens Statement Online 1990 June 18-21. 1990;8:1-19.
21. Curry SJ, Taplin SH, Anderman C, Barlow WE, McBride C. A randomized trial of the impact of risk assessment and feedback on participation in mammography screening. Prev Med. 1993;22:350-360.
22. Miller BA, Ries LAG, Hankey BF, Kosary CL, Edwards BK, eds. Cancer Statistics Review: 1973-1989. Bethesda, Md: National Cancer Institute; 1992. National Institutes of Health publication 92-2789.
23. Smigel K. Perception of risk heightens stress of breast cancer screening. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1993;85:525.
24. Harris RH, Leininger L. Clinical strategies for breast cancer screening: weighing and using the evidence. Ann Intern Med. 1995;122:539-547.
25. Miller AB, Baines CJ. Canadian National Breast Screening Study, I: breast cancer detection and death rates among women aged 40-49 years. Can Med Assoc J. 1992;147:1459-1476.
26. Kopans DB, Feig SA. The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: a critical review. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993;161:755-760.
27. Stomper PC, Kopans DB, Sadowsky N, et al. Is mammography painful? a multicenter patient survey. Arch Intern Med. 1988;148:521-524.
28. Wolosin R. The experience of screening mammography. J Fam Pract. 1989; 29:499-502.
29. Nielsen B, Miaskowski C, Dibble SL. Pain with mammography: fact or fiction? Oncol Nurs Forum. 1993;20:639-642.
30. Calle EE, Flanders WD, Thun JM, Martin LM. Demographic predictors of mammography and Pap smear screening in US women. Am Cancer Soc. 1993;83:53-60.
31. McKinney MM, Marconi KM. Legislative interventions to increase access to screening mammography. J Community Health. 1992;17:333-349.
32. Zapka JG, Stoddard A, Costanza ME. Interval adherence to mammography screening guidelines. Med Care. 1991;29:697-707.
33. Swinker M, Arbogast JG, Murray S. Why do patients decline screening mammography? Fam Pract Res J. 1993;13:165-170.
34. Feig SA, Ehrlich SM. Estimation of radiation risk from screening mammography: recent trends and comparison with expected benefits. Radiology. 1990; 174:638-647.