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Detection Of Breast Cancer In African American Women Using Walk-In Mammography, Munachi Nwosu
Detection Of Breast Cancer In African American Women Using Walk-In Mammography, Munachi Nwosu
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Abstract
Problem: Breast cancer is a life-threatening condition, in which the prognosis could potentially worsen with a delay in the detection and commencement of treatment. Scheduling patients for mammograms continues to allow for long wait times that exist in screening mammography. Lower rates of participation in scheduled screening mammograms contributes to the increased rate of advanced breast cancer diagnosis that exit in African American women and threatens their health outcomes. The purpose of this project was to implement walk-in mammography to increase participation for early breast cancer detection.
Methods: An observational descriptive design with a retrospective chart review. A PDSA …