AB210. Trends in the age profile of breast cancer presentations to the symptomatic breast clinic in the era of breast cancer screening

Breast cancer and breast screening: perceptions of Chinese migrant women living in New Zealand

Journal of Primary Health Care ◽

10.1071/hc14135 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 135 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Wei Zhang ◽

Sally Rose ◽

Alison Foster ◽

Sue Pullon ◽

Beverley Lawton

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Primary Care ◽

New Zealand ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Screening ◽

Breast Health ◽

Migrant Women ◽

Breast Clinic ◽

National Breast

INTRODUCTION: Migrant Chinese constitute a significant and increasing proportion of New Zealand women. They have lower rates of participation in breast cancer screening than other New Zealanders, but reasons for this are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate factors affecting Chinese womens understanding of, and access to, breast health services, to better understand reasons for low participation in screening and their experiences of breast cancer clinic care. METHODS: The participants were 26 Chinese migrant women 19 recruited in the community and seven recruited from 17 eligible women attending a breast clinic between 2008 and 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. The design was that of a qualitative study, using semi-structured interviews and thematic content analysis. FINDINGS: There were low levels of awareness about the national breast screening programme and limited engagement with preventive primary care services. Concerns about privacy and a range of communication difficulties were identified that related to oral language, lack of written information in Chinese, and limited understanding about Chinese perceptions of ill health and traditional Chinese medicine by New Zealand health professionals. CONCLUSION: Addressing communication barriers for Chinese migrant women has the potential to raise awareness about breast cancer and breast health, and to increase successful participation in breast cancer screening. Greater efforts are needed to ensure this group has an understanding of, and is engaged with a primary care provider. Such efforts are key to improving health for this growing sector of the New Zealand population. KEYWORDS: Breast cancer; Chinese; mammography; mass screening; New Zealand

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Abstract P5-02-06: The impact of the introduction of breast cancer screening on a symptomatic breast cancer unit

10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs16-p5-02-06 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

BM Moloney ◽

C Malone ◽

K Sweeney ◽

K Barry ◽

R McLoughlin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Symptomatic Breast Cancer ◽

The Impact ◽

Symptomatic Breast

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Adequacy of breast cancer screening in women previously treated with chest wall radiation for lymphoma at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center in San Antonio.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2017.35.5_suppl.232 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (5_suppl) ◽

pp. 232-232

Author(s):

Jessica Trevino Jones ◽

Kate Ida Lathrop ◽

Michelle Janania Martinez ◽

Uzair Mushtaq ◽

Faraz Fiazuddin

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Chest Wall ◽

Quality Care ◽

Breast Mri ◽

Develop Breast Cancer ◽

Breast Clinic ◽

Screening Programs ◽

Increased Risk

232 Background: Research has established that woman with a history of lymphoma who receive chest wall radiation are at a greater risk to develop breast cancer. As such, recommendations for breast cancer screening for woman who received prior RT < 30yr of age have been a topic of discussions for the better part of 20 ears. Survivorship screening programs for our successfully treated hematologic malignancies should include referring survivors for breast cancer screening given their substantially increased risk of treatment related breast cancer. Methods: We investigated 88 patients who had lymphoma treated by radiation for lymphoma from 2016 to present time. We excluded 49 patients due to age, or not receiving chest wall radiation. For the 39 patients identified, further data included was the average amount of total grays received, if they were counselled about possibility of treatment related breast cancer, if they were Hispanic, and if they were referred for breast cancer screening/referred to specialty breast clinics. Results: We identified that all 39 patients in our study have not had any breast cancer screening despite being qualified to get breast MRI or mammogram. Less than 10% were advised of the possibility of treatment related breast cancer by radiation oncology per documentation. We have found that 48% of our patients are Hispanic, 7 patients’ records did not show total amount of grays received but 61% received greater than or equal to 30 grays. Conclusions: As our results showed that all 39 subjects were not properly screened to the best of our knowledge, we intervened because of our results. As a result, we plan on doing further quality care measures in our clinics to increase breast clinic referrals. Additionally, we are working on IRB approval to contact patients we have found needing screening to get screened appropriately. We are optimistic that our study will ensure future protocols for patients who received radiation to the chest, and look forward to presenting data as it becomes available.

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