Spatial and temporal variations of screening for breast and colorectal cancer in the United States, 2008 to 2012.

ABSTRACT: Cancer screening tests are important tools to combat cancer-related morbidity and mortality. There is limited up-to-date research on spatial and temporal variations of colorectal and breast cancer screening in the United States.County-level data of cancer screening adherence rates were generated from 2008 to 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We performed the univariate local indicators for spatial analyses (LISA) for the geographic differences of screening adherence rate and the differential LISA for the change of screening adherence rate from 2008 to 2012.In the univariate LISA, low-to-low clusters were consistently identified in counties of New Mexico, Wyoming, and Mississippi (P < 0.05) for both screenings. In the differential LISA, we found low-to-low clusters in Indiana

SUBMITTER: Feng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5181819 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature