2024
Why do older adults stop cancer screening? Findings from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Belliveau O, Richman I. Why do older adults stop cancer screening? Findings from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024 PMID: 39444166, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedicare Current Beneficiary SurveyCancer screeningHealth statusScreening cessationPhysician recommendationBeneficiary SurveyEducational attainmentHistory of breast cancerBreast cancer screeningHigher educational attainmentNationally representative dataHistory of prostate cancerDiscontinue screeningScreening mammographyOlder adultsImprove communicationPatient preferencesWeighted populationPrimary outcomeRepresentative dataPhysiciansHealthProstate cancerBreast cancerMedicareEstimating Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis After Screening Mammography Among Older Women in the United States.
Richman I, Gross C. Estimating Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis After Screening Mammography Among Older Women in the United States. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2024, 177: 403-404. PMID: 38498894, DOI: 10.7326/l23-0485.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity
Richman I, Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Oladele CR, Wang K. Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2022, 115: 139-145. PMID: 36069622, PMCID: PMC9494402, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer screeningCancer screeningHealth systemHealth equityBreast cancer controlRoutine health careCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 waveMammography ratesCancer controlMammography useMultifactorial conditionHealth disparitiesWhite womenScreening mammographyHealth careWomenCOVID-19Subsequent COVID-19 wavesLower ratesNumber of studiesMammographyDisparitiesPandemicSpecific patterns
2019
Association of State Dense Breast Notification Laws With Supplemental Testing and Cancer Detection After Screening Mammography.
Busch SH, Hoag JR, Aminawung JA, Xu X, Richman IB, Soulos PR, Kyanko KA, Gross CP. Association of State Dense Breast Notification Laws With Supplemental Testing and Cancer Detection After Screening Mammography. American Journal Of Public Health 2019, 109: 762-767. PMID: 30896987, PMCID: PMC6459654, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2019.304967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupplemental screeningCancer detectionMore breast cancersMagnetic resonance imagingPossible benefitsBreast cancerSupplemental ultrasoundBreast biopsySupplemental testingResonance imagingUse of ultrasoundLogistic regressionScreening mammographyCancer diagnosisUltrasoundSignificant differencesSupplemental testsMore ultrasoundMammographyUS statesBreast cancer detectionMammogramsAssociationScreeningBiopsy