Researchers’ Work from Mayo Clinic Focuses on Breast Cancer Screening (Cancer Screening Experiences of Black Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients and Family Members): Diagnostics and Screening – Breast Cancer Screening

2023 JUN 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Diagnostics and Screening - Breast Cancer Screening is now available. According to news reporting from Rochester, Minnesota, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Black women experience disproportionate rates of advanced breast cancer diagnoses and mortality. Mammography is a proven and effective tool in early breast cancer detection and impacts patient outcomes.”

Financial support for this research came from NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Mayo Clinic, “We interviewed Black women with a personal or family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer to understand their screening experiences and views. N = 61 individuals completed an interview. Interview transcripts were qualitatively analyzed for themes regarding clinical experiences, guideline adherence, and family sharing specific to Black women and their families. Most participants were college educated with active health insurance. Women in this cohort were knowledgeable about the benefits of mammography and described few barriers to adhering to annual mammogram guidelines. Some with first-degree family history were frustrated at insurance barriers to mammography before the age of 40. Participants were generally comfortable encouraging family and friends to receive mammograms and expressed a desire for a similar screening tool for ovarian cancer. However, they expressed concern that factors such as screening awareness and education, lack of insurance coverage, and other systematic barriers might prevent other Black women from receiving regular screening. Black women in this cohort reported high adherence to mammography guidelines, but expressed concern about cultural and financial barriers that may impact cancer screening access in the population more generally and contribute to disparities.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Participants noted the importance of frank and open discussions of breast cancer screening in their families and community as a means of improving awareness.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Cancer Screening Experiences of Black Breast and Ovarian Cancer Patients and Family Members. Journal of Community Health, 2023. Journal of Community Health can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States. (Springer - www.springer.com; Journal of Community Health - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0094-5145/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Megan A. A. Allyse, Mayo Clinic, Biomed Eth Res Program, Rochester, MN 55902, United States. Additional authors for this research include Abigail Rousseau, Kirsten A. A. Riggan, Michele Halyard, Sarah E. E. James, Marion Kelly and Daphne Phillips.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-023-01233-5. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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