Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

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    Does utilization of screening mammography explain racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer?
    (2006) Smith-Bindman, Rebecca; Miglioretti, Diana L; Lurie, Nicole; Abraham, Linn; Barbash, Rachel Ballard; Strzelczyk, Jodi; Dignan, Mark; Barlow, William E; Beasley, Cherry M; Kerlikowske, Karla
    African-American women are less likely to receive adequate mammographic screening than white women, which may explain the higher prevalence of advanced breast tumors among African-American women. Tumor characteristics may also contribute to differences in cancer outcomes because African-American women have higher-grade tumors than white women regardless of screening. These results suggest that adherence to recommended mammography screening intervals may reduce breast cancer mortality rates.