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Self-Reported Colorectal Cancer Screening Of Medicare Beneficiaries In Family Medicine Vs. Internal Medicine Practices In The United States: A Cross-Sectional Study, Angela Higgins, Anna Doubeni, Karon Phillips, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Becky Briesacher, Jennifer Tjia, Chyke Doubeni
Self-Reported Colorectal Cancer Screening Of Medicare Beneficiaries In Family Medicine Vs. Internal Medicine Practices In The United States: A Cross-Sectional Study, Angela Higgins, Anna Doubeni, Karon Phillips, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Becky Briesacher, Jennifer Tjia, Chyke Doubeni
Chyke A. Doubeni
BACKGROUND: The benefit of screening for decreasing the risk of death from colorectal cancer (CRC) has been shown, yet many patients in primary care are still not undergoing screening according to guidelines. There are known variations in delivery of preventive health care services among primary care physicians. This study compared self-reported CRC screening rates and patient awareness of the need for CRC screening of patients receiving care from family medicine (FPs) vs. internal medicine (internists) physicians. METHODS: Nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized beneficiaries who received medical care from FPs or internists in 2006 (using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey). The main …
Interest In Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Among Older Women, Jennifer Tjia, Ellyn Micco, Katrina Armstrong
Interest In Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Among Older Women, Jennifer Tjia, Ellyn Micco, Katrina Armstrong
Jennifer Tjia
OBJECTIVES: The study aim is to describe interest in breast cancer chemoprevention among older women without a history of breast cancer and to determine whether aging-related factors such as diminished life expectancy, increasing comorbidity and medication burden attenuate chemoprevention interest. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: University of Pennsylvania Health System. PARTICIPANTS: Four-hundred fifty-seven community-dwelling women aged 60-65 years old who were potentially eligible for breast cancer chemoprevention according to guidelines linking risk and eligibility to age. MEASUREMENTS: Interest in breast cancer chemopre vention, Gail model breast cancer risk, perceived breast cancer risk, breast cancer worry, self-reported health status and comorbidities, and …