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Effectiveness of Cancer Screening Intervention Still Evident Though Diminished Over Time
Mar 30, 2005, 06:22, Reviewed by: Dr.
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Patients who received care at an intervention clinic were up-to-date on a greater number of targeted screening tests and had 26 percent greater odds of mammography screening compared to patients at control clinics.
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By American Academy of Family Physicians ,
Reporting the 24-month follow-up data on an intervention to foster increased cancer screening in community centers, researchers found the intervention had a persistent, although modest, effect on screening after two years.
Patients who received care at an intervention clinic were up-to-date on a greater number of targeted screening tests and had 26 percent greater odds of mammography screening compared to patients at control clinics.
Although still apparent, intervention effects on screening at 24 months had clearly diminished relative to effects observed at 12 months.
- Long-term Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Cancer Screening Among Attendees of Community Health Centers; By Richard G. Roetzheim, M.D., M.S.P.H., et al
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