ReviewJournal of medical screening2021
Systematic reviews as a "lens of evidence": Determinants of participation in breast cancer screening.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of Online Interactive Decision Tools on Women's Decision-Making Regarding Breast Cancer Screening: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The use of text messages as an alternative invitation method for breast cancer screening: A randomized controlled trial (M-TICS study).PloS one · 2024Trial
- Evaluating the impact of the CHANGE initiative on cancer screening referral and uptake in underserved communities in Georgia.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Thirty years of population-based breast cancer screening in Iceland: a comparison of quality indicators and tumour characteristics between women aged 40-49 and 50-69 years.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Article
- Women's Intention to Participate in Predictive Breast Cancer Genetic Testing: A Cross-Sectional Survey of in Iran.Health science reports · 2025Article
- From genetic risk to early detection - clinical outcomes of a person-centered screening program for women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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- Acceptability of artificial intelligence in breast screening: focus groups with the screening-eligible population in England.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Factors Influencing Adherence to the Risk Management Program for Women With a Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer: Real-World Data from a French Multicenter Program.The oncologist · 2024Article
- Factors associated with deferral or non-performance of an organized breast cancer screening program during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.Cancer medicine · 2024Observational
- Would shared decision-making be useful in breast cancer screening programmes? A qualitative study using focus group discussions to gather evidence from French women with different socioeconomic backgrounds.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Assessment of organization of cervical and breast cancer screening programmes in the Latin American and the Caribbean states: The CanScreen5 framework.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Overcoming barriers: Modelling the effect of potential future changes of organized breast cancer screening in Italy.Journal of medical screening · 2023Article
- The Positive Effect of an Online Appointment Portal on a Breast Cancer Screening Program.Applied clinical informatics · 2023Article
- How do women comply with cancer screenings? A study in four regions of France.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- Co-designing a recruitment strategy for lung cancer screening in high-risk individuals: protocol for a mixed-methods study.HRB open research · 2023Article
- A plea for more careful scholarship in reviewing evidence: the case of mammographic screening.BJR open · 2023Review
- Calibrating Natural History of Cancer Models in the Presence of Data Incompatibility: Problems and Solutions.PharmacoEconomics · 2022Article
- Closing the Gap: A Comparison of Engagement Interventions to Achieve Equitable Breast Cancer Screening in Rural Illinois.Population health management · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the determinants of the participation rate in breast cancer screening programs by conducting a systematic review of reviews.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search in PubMed via Medline, Scopus, Embase, and Cochrane identifying the literature up to April 2019. Out of 2258 revealed unique abstracts, we included 31 reviews, from which 25 were considered as systematic. We applied the Walsh & McPhee Systems Model of Clinical Preventive Care to systematize the determinants of screening participation.
resultsThe reviews, mainly in high-income settings, reported a wide range for breast cancer screening participation rate: 16-90%. The determinants of breast cancer screening participation were simple low-cost interventions such as invitation letters, basic information on screening, multiple reminders, fixed appointments, prompts from healthcare professionals, and healthcare organizational factors (e.g. close proximity to screening facility). More complex interventions (such as face-to-face counselling or home visits), mass media or improved access to transport should not be encouraged by policy makers unless other information appears. The repeated participation in mammography screening was consistently high, above 62%. Previous positive experience with screening influenced the repeated participation in screening programs. The reviews were inconsistent in the use of terminology related to breast cancer screening participation, which may have contributed to the heterogeneity in the reported outcomes.
conclusionsThis study shows that consistent findings of systematic reviews bring more certainty into the conclusions on the effects of simple invitation techniques, fixed appointments and prompts, as well as healthcare organizational factors on promoting participation rate in screening mammography.
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