Overutilization of Breast Cancer Screening in the US: Awareness of a Growing Problem.

What it found

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Older adults' interest and concerns about life expectancy information for cancer screening decisions: Results from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.Preventive medicine reports · 2025
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2. Evaluating GPT as an Adjunct for Radiologic Decision Making: GPT-4 Versus GPT-3.5 in a Breast Imaging Pilot.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2023
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3. Perceived Barriers Among Clinicians and Older Adults Aged 65 and Older Regarding Use of Life Expectancy to Inform Cancer Screening: A Narrative Review and Comparison.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2023
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4. "It's something I'll do until I die": A qualitative examination into why older women in the U.S. continue screening mammography.Cancer medicine · 2022
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5. A mixed-methods study of multi-level factors influencing mammography overuse among an older ethnically diverse screening population: implications for de-implementation.Implementation science communications · 2021
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6. Schonberg: Overutilization of Breast Cancer Screening in the US.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018
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7. Early Feedback for the Development of a Novel Brief Colon Cancer Screening Decision Aid for Adults ≥75 years at Risk for Limited Health Literacy: A Pilot Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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Corrections and comments

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  Schonberg: Overutilization of Breast Cancer Screening in the US.2018
• Comment on
  Downstream Breast Imaging Following Screening Mammography in Medicare Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Population-Based Study.2018
• Comment on
  Utilization of breast cancer screening with magnetic resonance imaging in community practice.2018

Authors and funding

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