2019
Behavioral and psychological impact of returning breast density results to Latinas: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial
Patel BK, Ridgeway JL, Ghosh K, Rhodes DJ, Borah B, Jenkins S, Suman VJ, Norman A, Jewett M, Singh D, Vachon CM, Radecki Breitkopf C. Behavioral and psychological impact of returning breast density results to Latinas: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials 2019, 20: 744. PMID: 31852492, PMCID: PMC6921571, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3939-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnxietyBreast DensityBreast NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHealth CommunicationHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyHispanic or LatinoHumansMammographyMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPatient CompliancePatient Education as TopicQualitative ResearchRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicConceptsRandomized clinical trialsMammographic breast densityLimited resource settingsClinical trialsHealth literacyBreast densityWHO Trial Registration Data SetLatina womenTrial Registration Data SetLimited health literacyLow health literacyBreast cancer riskCancer risk communicationPsychological outcomesMeasurement time pointsDiagnostic delayCancer mortalityBackgroundBreast cancerCommon cancerMammogram resultsStudy protocolCommunity clinicsBreast cancerMammography screeningCancer risk
2016
Dense Breasts: What Do Our Patients Need to Be Told and Why?
Throckmorton AD, Rhodes DJ, Hughes KS, Degnim AC, Dickson-Witmer D. Dense Breasts: What Do Our Patients Need to Be Told and Why? Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2016, 23: 3119-3127. PMID: 27401446, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-016-5400-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer prevention strategiesEvidence-based consensus guidelinesDense breastsBreast cancer risk assessmentOnly risk factorCancer prevention strategiesCancer risk assessmentDelaying diagnosisCertain patientsConsensus guidelinesRisk factorsDensity notificationSupplemental imagingPrevention strategiesPatientsBreast densityBreastRisk assessmentCancerDiagnosisWomen
2014
Breast density legislation. Implications for patients and primary care providers.
Rhodes DJ, Conners AL. Breast density legislation. Implications for patients and primary care providers. Minnesota Medicine 2014, 97: 43-8. PMID: 25158436.Peer-Reviewed Original Research