2012
Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis
Keating NL, Kouri EM, He Y, West DW, Winer EP. Effect of Massachusetts health insurance reform on mammography use and breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Cancer 2012, 119: 250-258. PMID: 22833148, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27757.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPropensity-weighted cohortsMammography ratesStage I breast cancerBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyInsurance expansionStage I cancerI breast cancerBreast cancer stageCancer registry dataUse of mammographyRate of diagnosisRates of mammographyPropensity score analysisRates of uninsuranceHigher uninsurance ratesBreast cancer diagnosisHealth insurance expansionsI cancerCancer stageBreast cancerMammography useRegistry dataCalifornia womenMassachusetts womenDiagnosis
2006
Factors Related to Underuse of Surveillance Mammography Among Breast Cancer Survivors
Keating NL, Landrum MB, Guadagnoli E, Winer EP, Ayanian JZ. Factors Related to Underuse of Surveillance Mammography Among Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2006, 24: 85-94. PMID: 16382117, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.02.4174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer survivorsSurveillance mammographyCancer survivorsMonth 7Elderly breast cancer survivorsEnd Results-Medicare dataOlder breast cancer survivorsAnnual surveillance mammographyPrimary surgical therapyRepeated-measures logistic regressionLower mammography ratesQuarter of womenPopulation-based sampleService Medicare enrolleesBreast cancer diagnosisSurgical therapyAnnual mammographyGuideline recommendationsMedical oncologistsMultivariable analysisNonclinical factorsMammography ratesBreast cancerMammography useStage I