Unmet Social Needs and Breast Cancer Screening Utilization and Stage at Presentation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Unmet social needs in local populations may hinder the development of targeted cancer control interventions aimed at improving screening utilization and early-stage breast cancer diagnosis to ultimately improve breast cancer survival disparities.

Objective

To evaluate if (1) city-funded screening mammography is associated with utilization of screening mammography, (2) unmet social needs are associated with utilization of screening mammography, and (3) unmet social needs are associated with later-stage disease at diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included patients with stages I-IV invasive ductal or lobular carcinoma treated at an academic medical center (including both an underserved safety-net hospital [SNH] and a National Canc

SUBMITTER: Goel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867685 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature