Mammography Among Women Residing in Urban Versus Rural Utah: Breast Cancer Survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Annual or biennial breast cancer screenings are recommended for women 40 and older. Women residing in rural areas have worse breast cancer survival rates than urban women, but no study has focused on rural versus urban residence in Utah regarding breast cancer screening and mortality.

Methods

Cases (n = 14,516) were women aged > 39 diagnosed with a first primary invasive breast cancer between 1998 and 2017 in Utah. Controls (n = 63,117) without a history of breast cancer were matched to cases by birth year and birth state. Mammography screening status was identified by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. Logistic regression was used to assess the odds of breast cancer diagnosis. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess survival outcomes for ru

SUBMITTER: Tanner Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648033 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature