Breast cancer screening needs assessment in 19 Northern California counties: geography, poverty, and racial/ethnic identity composition.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the area-level rate of breast cancers, the percentage of early-stage diagnoses (stage I-IIa), and associations between area-level measures of poverty, racial/ethnic composition, primary care shortage, and urban/rural/frontier status for the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCDCCC) catchment area.

Methods

Using data from the SEER Cancer Registry of Greater California (2014-2018) and the California Department of Health Care Access and Information Medical Service Study Area, we conducted an ecological study in the UCDCCC catchment area to identify geographies that need screening interventions and their demographic characteristics.

Results

The higher the percentage of the population identifying as Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, and the higher the percent

SUBMITTER: Bustamante BLM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11982124 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature