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Diabetic Women Less Likely to Undergo Mammograms.
2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that women with diabetes were significantly less likely to undergo screening for breast cancer by mammography than patients in a control group.
The findings of the study are consistent with previous investigations showing reduced utilization of health care services by patients with chronic diseases, including diabetes.
The reasons that women with diabetes experience lower rates of cancer screening are not entirely clear, however, the researchers write that they strongly suspect it is related to the added burdens associated with caring for patients with diabetes or that patients with diabetes may find that managing their diabetes demands so much of their attention and resources that they are unwilling to contemplate cancer prevention.
A total of 424 women with diabetes ages 50-75 years were matched ...
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