Breast Cancer Screening Among Women With Intellectual Disability in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Breast cancer-specific mortality is increased among women with intellectual disability (ID), and knowledge about participation in breast cancer screening in this group is needed.

Objective

To examine participation in the Danish national breast cancer screening program among women with ID compared with women without ID.

Design, setting, and participants

This dynamic population-based cohort study assessed participation in the Danish national breast cancer screening program initiated in 2007, targeting women aged 50 to 69 years with a screening interval of 2 years. In all, 6357 women with ID born between 1941 and 1967 and eligible for the screening program were identified in national registers. Women entered the study between January 1, 2007, and December 31,

SUBMITTER: Horsbol TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature