ArticleGenetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2013
Health behaviors and cancer screening among Californians with a family history of cancer.
Article in Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gender differences in self-reported family history of cancer: A review and secondary data analysis.Cancer medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Family history and the natural history of colorectal cancer: systematic review.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2015Pooled it
- Mediterranean diet adherence among women attending mobile breast cancer prevention programme: results of a cross-sectional study in Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Assessing Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility in Kashmir, India: Insights from Xenobiotic Metabolism Gene Variants and Family Cancer History-A Comprehensive Case-Control Study.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of mammography uptake among the women aged 45 years and above: policy implications from the longitudinal ageing study in India wave I survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Disparities in Compliance with Colorectal Cancer Screening: Evidence from Two US National Surveys.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
- Article
- Breast cancer screening among Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women by birthplace in the Sister Study.Cancer medicine · 2022Article
- How to Improve Cancer Prevention Knowledge? A Way to Identify Gaps and Tackle the Limited Availability of Health Education Services in Primary Health Care Using the European Code Against Cancer.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Very poor practices regarding breast cancer screening among Sudanese female workers at a secondary-level hospital: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- First-degree relatives of cancer patients: a target group for primary prevention? A cross-sectional study.British journal of cancer · 2018Article
- Lifestyle Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in BRCA1/2-Mutation Carriers Around Childbearing Age.Journal of genetic counseling · 2017Article
- Association between Health Behaviors and a Family History of Cancer among Korean Women.Cancer research and treatment · 2016Article
- Family History of Cancer in Relation to Breast Cancer Subtypes in African American Women.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2016Article
- Cigarette smoking in women after BRCA1/2 genetic test disclosure: a 5-year follow-up study of the GENEPSO PS cohort.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2015Article
- Cancer screening among a population-based sample of insured women.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Opportunities and challenges for the use of large-scale surveys in public health research: a comparison of the assessment of cancer screening behaviors.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2015Review
- Racial and ethnic variations in the effects of family history of colorectal cancer on screening compliance.Gastroenterology · 2013Article
- Associations among family history of cancer, cancer screening and lifestyle behaviors: a population-based study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2013Article
- Factors Associated with Women's Unwillingness to Decrease Alcohol Intake to Decrease Breast Cancer Risk.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to compare health behaviors and cancer screening among Californians with and without a family history of cancer.
methodsWe analyzed data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey to ascertain cancer screening test use and to estimate the prevalence of health behaviors that may reduce the risk of cancer. We used logistic regression to control for demographic factors and health-care access.
resultsWomen with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer were more likely to be up to date with mammography as compared with women with no family history of cancer (odds ratio = 1.69, 95% confidence interval (1.39, 2.04)); their health behaviors were similar to other women. Men and women with a family history of colorectal cancer were more likely to be up to date with colorectal cancer screening as compared with individuals with no family history of cancer (odds ratio = 2.77, 95% confidence interval (2.20, 3.49)) but were less likely to have a body mass index <25 kg/m(2) (odds ratio = 0.80, 95% confidence interval (0.67, 0.94)).
conclusionInnovative methods are needed to encourage those with a moderate-to-strong familial risk for breast cancer and colorectal cancer to increase their physical activity levels, strive to maintain a healthy weight, quit smoking, and reduce alcohol use.Genet Med 2013:15(3):212-221.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.