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Lee S. Caplan, MD, MPH; Peter H. Gann, MD, MS
University of Massachusetts Medical Center Worcester

JAMA. 1991;265(1):27.

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To the Editor.—

The recent article "Screening Mammography: A Missed Clinical Opportunity?"¹ identified the two most common reasons for women never having had a mammogram as (1) lack of awareness as to the need for one and (2) a failure of their physicians to recommend it. This lack of patient awareness can also be seen for knowledge of potential risk and protective factors for breast cancer. In a recent study that investigated the factors associated with patient delay in seeking medical help for self-discovered breast symptoms, we collected information to assess women's knowledge of possible risk factors and protective factors for breast cancer. Among 162 women presenting to a referral breast clinic in Worcester, Mass, for evaluation of self-discovered breast symptoms, 101 of them responded to questions in a self-administered questionnaire about whether certain factors increase or decrease one's risk of developing breast cancer. As seen in the Table, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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