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Screening Mammography Use In Older Women According To Health Status: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Joshua Demb, Tomi Akinyemiju, Isabel Allen, Tracy Onega, Robert A. Hiatt, Dejana Braithwaite
Screening Mammography Use In Older Women According To Health Status: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Joshua Demb, Tomi Akinyemiju, Isabel Allen, Tracy Onega, Robert A. Hiatt, Dejana Braithwaite
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications
Background: The extent to which screening mammography (SM) recommendations in older women incorporate life expectancy factors is not well established.
Objective: The objective of this review was to evaluate evidence on SM utilization in older women by life expectancy factors.
Data sources: We searched Medline, Embase and Web of Science from January 1991 to March 2016.
Study selection: We included studies examining SM utilization in women ages ≥ 65 years that measured life expectancy using comorbidity, functional limitations or health or prognostic status.
Data extraction and synthesis: ORs and 95% CIs were extracted and grouped by life expectancy category. Findings …