Breast Density Notification Legislation and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: Early Evidence from the SEER Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Twenty-eight states have passed breast density notification laws, which require physicians to inform women of a finding of dense breasts on mammography.

Objective

To evaluate changes in breast cancer stage at diagnosis after enactment of breast density notification legislation.

Design

Using a difference-in-differences analysis, we examined changes in stage at diagnosis among women with breast cancer in Connecticut, the first state to enact legislation, compared to changes among women in control states. We used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) registry, 2005-2013.

Participants

Women ages 40-74 with breast cancer.

Intervention

Breast density notification legislation, enacted in Connecticut in October of 20

SUBMITTER: Richman I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5442000 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature