A panel of experts formed by the American Cancer Society in New York has released recommendations to promote mammograms and is calling for legislation to increase the number of doctors in the state who are able to interpret mammogram results, the Long Island Newsday reports.
According to the panel, several factors have resulted in decreased mammograms in the state, including difficulties in scheduling appointments and fewer physicians specializing in the procedure. Other issues that have contributed include the increasing number of uninsured women and changing views about mammograms among some women, the panel found. According to Newsday, although a recent study conducted by CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey found that more women are receiving mammograms nationwide, one-third of eligible women in New York ages 40 and older are not being screened. In addition, a recent study conducted by Nancy Breen of the National Cancer Institute and published in the journal Cancer found a 4% overall decline in mammography and a 7% decline among women ages between 50 and 64.
source article from Medical news Today
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