TY - JOUR
AU - Castro, Marcia C.
AB - LETTER TO THE EDITOR Does Spatial Access to Mammography Have an Effect on Early Stage of Breast Cancer Diagnosis? A county- level Analysis for New York State To the Editor: ityand earlystage breast cancer diagnosis has been Sixty-five percent of breast cancer patients in New reported (5–7,16,17,19–22).Yet,itwas estimated York (NY) are diagnosed at an early stage, with that there needs to be approximately 1.2 mammo- county averages ranging from 55% to 75%, indicating gram facilities per 10,000 women ≥40 in order to regional disparities (1). There are many factors that comply with the Healthy People 2010 goal (70% can potentially affect early diagnosis. First, minority screening) (23). women (especially Black and Hispanic) tend to present We aimed to evaluate the relationship between at later stages compared to Caucasian. These dispari- stage of breast cancer diagnosis and spatial access to ties have been attributed to several factors, both clini- mammography screening in NY (an area where racial cal and nonclinical, and persist after controlling for segregation and social disparities are nonnegligible). other potential confounders such as socioeconomic NY encompasses rural and urban regions with varying status, family history, insurance status, and screening densities of mammogram facilities (0–2.08/10,000 mammography utilization (2–4). 
TI - Does Spatial Access to Mammography Have an Effect on Early Stage of Breast Cancer Diagnosis? A county‐level Analysis for New York State
JF - The Breast Journal
DO - 10.1111/tbj.12530
DA - 2016-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/does-spatial-access-to-mammography-have-an-effect-on-early-stage-of-vkshcdu4R2
SP - 127
EP - 130
VL - 22
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -