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“It's something I'll do until I die”: A qualitative examination into why older women in the U.S. continue screening mammography

BACKGROUND: Professional guidelines in the U.S. do not recommend routine screening mammography for women ≥75 years with limited life expectancy and/or poor health. Yet, routine mammography remains widely used in older women. We examined older women's experiences, beliefs, and opinions about scr...

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Autores principales: Brotzman, Laura E., Shelton, Rachel C., Austin, Jessica D., Rodriguez, Carmen B., Agovino, Mariangela, Moise, Nathalie, Tehranifar, Parisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35616300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4758