ArticleJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2010
"No respecter of youth": over-representation of young women in Australian television coverage of breast cancer.
Article in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Psychometric Validation of the Bangla Version of the Breast Cancer Fear Scale Among Female University Students in Bangladesh.International journal of breast cancer · 2025Article
- Fear of breast cancer among young Spanish women: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Champion breast cancer fear scale.PloS one · 2021Article
- Hierarchy of hair loss stigma: media portrayals of cancer, alopecia areata, and cancer in Israeli newspapers.Israel journal of health policy research · 2019Article
- Breast Carcinoma in Young Women: No Evidence of Increasing Rates of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma in a Single Tertiary Center Review.The breast journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
Ninety four percent of new breast cancer cases in Australian women occur in those aged over 40. Mammographic breast screening programs target women over 40, especially those aged 50-69, but participation rates in this age group have recently declined. To test the hypothesis that young women, at low risk for breast cancer, are overrepresented in television news, we analyzed all televised news reports on age and breast cancer shown on five free-to-air Sydney television stations, from 3 May 2005 to 28 February 2007, to determine the age of women shown with, or at risk for, the disease. Over half (55%) of statements about age and breast cancer referred to young women stated or known to be aged under 40. Sixty seven percent of images of women in breast cancer reports were known or judged to be women aged under 40. Three cases in young celebrity women accounted for 53% of all statements and 24% of all images about young women and breast cancer. Overrepresentation of young women with breast cancer in television news coverage does not reflect the epidemiology of the disease. This imbalance may contribute to public uncertainty regarding screening policy.
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