Cancer screening among a population-based sample of insured women

Purpose: Screening has been shown to lower the morbidity and mortality for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. Despite the availability of cancer screening, nearly 70,000 women die each year from these cancers. We conducted a study in 2008 within a privately-insured patient population of women...

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Main Authors: Sharon Hensley Alford, Steven Leadbetter, Juan L. Rodriguez, Nikki A. Hawkins, Lawrence E. Scholl, Lucy A. Peipins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335514000175