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ArticleCancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2026

Individual-Level Trends in Mammography Screening over 14 years: Results from an All-Payer Statewide Claims Database.

Sarah A Nowak, Jonathan Emery, Erika Ziller, Michelle Sowden, Brian L Sprague

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Article in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sarah A NowakDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.ORCID 0000-0001-5965-9035
Jonathan EmeryDepartment of Medical Biostatistics, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.ORCID 0000-0002-3353-3570
Erika ZillerUniversity of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.ORCID 0000-0003-3703-7782
Michelle SowdenUniversity of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.ORCID 0000-0001-6177-338X
Brian L SpragueUniversity of Vermont Cancer Center, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.ORCID 0000-0001-7948-8317

Funding

Understanding Factors Influencing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Immigrant Low-income and Homeless Populations and Testing Targeted InterventionsU54GM115516 · NIGMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI Frances E. Carr · 2017 to 2026
$51.6M
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont (LCOM)National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) U54GM115516NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOur objective was to characterize individual-level screening patterns during a fourteen-year period spanning changing breast cancer screening guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of mammography screening in women ages 40 years and older using 2010 to 2023 data from the Vermont Health Care Uniform Reporting and Evaluation System, a statewide all-payer insurance claims database.

resultsBiennial mammography screening adherence declined between 2010 to 2023 by 20.7 and 6.7 percentage points for women ages 40 to 49 and 50 to 74 years, respectively. Younger birth cohorts consistently had lower screening rates at any given age compared with older cohorts. Cohorts under age 50 years during the COVID-19 pandemic have had the largest postpandemic recoveries, with postpandemic screening rates exceeding prepandemic screening adherence.

conclusionsWhereas mammography screening rates have been declining both between and within birth cohorts, pandemic disruptions have narrowed the gaps resulting from these trends. IMPACT: Sustaining postpandemic screening momentum may be critical to reversing long-term declines in adherence.

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Breast NeoplasmsCOVID-19Early Detection of CancerMammographyMass ScreeningAdultAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Vermont

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PMID42240455
PMCPMC13616087

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