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Favourable prognostic factors of subsequent screen-detected breast cancers among women aged 50-69Anna M Chiarelli
Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eur J Cancer Prev 21:499-506. 2012..As long-term mortality reduction for breast screening may depend on subsequent screens, our study indicates that mammography screening can be effective in women aged 50-69...
Tumor characteristics associated with mammographic detection of breast cancer in the Ontario breast screening programVictoria A Kirsh
Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 2L7, Canada
J Natl Cancer Inst 103:942-50. 2011..Few studies have compared the prognostic value of tumor characteristics by type of breast cancer diagnosed in the interval between mammographic screenings with screen-detected breast cancers...- Influence of nurses on compliance with breast screening recommendations in an organized breast screening programAnna M Chiarelli
Population Studies and Surveillance, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2L7
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:697-706. 2010..Few studies have evaluated the influence of nurses on compliance with breast screening recommendations... - The contribution of clinical breast examination to the accuracy of breast screeningAnna M Chiarelli
Population Studies and Surveillance Division, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Natl Cancer Inst 101:1236-43. 2009..We compared the accuracy of screening among centers that offered CBE in addition to mammography with that among centers that offered only mammography... - Performance measures from 10 years of breast screening in the Ontario Breast Screening Program, 1990/91 to 2000Anna M Chiarelli
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Eur J Cancer Prev 15:34-42. 2006..Although some enhancements of the programme are necessary, the OBSP met or exceeded Canadian targets for most performance measures... - Mammographic density, response to hormones, and breast cancer riskNorman F Boyd
DSC, Ontario Cancer Institute, 610 University Ave, Room 10 415, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Oncol 29:2985-92. 2011..We have examined the magnitude of the association of hormone exposure with PMD according to subsequent breast cancer risk... - Influence of patterns of hormone replacement therapy use and mammographic density on breast cancer detectionAnna M Chiarelli
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2L7
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1856-62. 2006..This study explores this relationship further by examining the influence of patterns of HRT use and the percentage of mammographic density on the detection of breast cancer by classification of interval cancer... 
Beliefs about optimal age and screening frequency predict breast screening adherence in a prospective study of female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family RegistryPaul Ritvo
Research, Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 2L7, Canada
BMC Public Health 12:518. 2012..Although few studies have linked cognitive variables with adherence to mammography screening in women with family histories of breast and/or ovarian cancer, research studies suggest cognitive phenomena can be powerful adherence predictors...- Adherence to breast and ovarian cancer screening recommendations for female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family RegistryMichael A Campitelli
Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Eur J Cancer Prev 20:492-500. 2011..76-4.05). Although the overall level of adherence among high-risk women is suboptimal in the community, women at a higher familial risk are adhering more often to cancer screening recommendations than women at a lower familial risk... - Satisfaction with initial screen and compliance with biennial breast screening at centers with and without nursesSarah A Edwards
Cancer Care Ontario, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cancer Nurs 34:293-301. 2011..A woman's experience during her initial breast screen can influence her participation in subsequent screening... - Stage at diagnosis and comorbidity influence breast cancer survival in First Nations women in Ontario, CanadaAmanda J Sheppard
Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:2160-7. 2011.... - Family history, mammographic density, and risk of breast cancerLisa J Martin
Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:456-63. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which mammographic density explains the association of family history of breast cancer with risk of the disease... - Effect of screening result on waiting times to assessment and breast cancer diagnosis: results from the Ontario Breast Screening ProgramAnna M Chiarelli
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto
Can J Public Health 96:259-63. 2005..This study will examine delays to assessment and diagnosis for women with an abnormal mammogram compared to women with an abnormal clinical breast examination (CBE) or abnormal CBE and mammogram... - Predisposing factors associated with compliance to biennial breast screening among centers with and without nursesSarah A Edwards
Population Studies and Surveillance, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2L7
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:739-47. 2009.... - Influence of perceived breast cancer risk on screening behaviors of female relatives from the Ontario site of the Breast Cancer Family RegistryLi Rita Zhang
Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L7, Canada
Eur J Cancer Prev 20:255-62. 2011..These findings may inform educational messages for improving risk communication of women at elevated familial breast cancer risk... - Worry is good for breast cancer screening: a study of female relatives from the ontario site of the breast cancer family registryLi Rita Zhang
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 3L9
J Cancer Epidemiol 2012:545062. 2012..Conclusions. Medium levels of cancer worries predicted higher rates of screening mammography and CBE among high-risk women... - Mammographic density as a surrogate marker for the effects of hormone therapy on risk of breast cancerNorman F Boyd
Ontario Cancer Institute, Room 10 415, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2K9
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:961-6. 2006..This research was undertaken to determine whether the effect of hormone therapy on breast cancer risk is mediated by its effect on mammographic density... - Detection of later stage breast cancer in First Nations women in Ontario, CanadaAmanda J Sheppard
Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 101:101-5. 2010..To compare the distribution of stage at breast cancer diagnosis between First Nations (FN) and non-FN women, and to investigate factors associated with later diagnosis in FN women... - Accuracy of breast screening among women with and without a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancerErika Halapy
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L7, Canada
Breast Cancer Res Treat 90:299-305. 2005..To compare interval cancer rates, sensitivity and specificity of breast cancer screening between women with moderate or strong family history and women without a family history... - Influence of physician and patient characteristics on adherence to breast cancer screening recommendationsNada Abdel-Malek
Division of Preventive Oncology, Cancer Care Ontario, Canada
Eur J Cancer Prev 17:48-53. 2008..7). A low proportion of Ontario physicians adhere to recommended breast screening guidelines. Future research into effective strategies to increase adherence should take into account practice location, setting and patient characteristics... - Improving work-up of the abnormal mammogram through organized assessment: results from the ontario breast screening programMay Lynn Quan
Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Cancer Care Ontario Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto and St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Oncol Pract 8:107-12. 2012.... - Breast cancer screening program in Canada: successes and challengesVerna Mai
Cancer Care Ontario, 505 University Ave 18th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G1X3, Canada
Salud Publica Mex 51:s228-35. 2009..Approaches to breast screening are dependent on the health care services available in countries, but regardless of the approach, good evaluation is necessary... - The heritability of mammographically dense and nondense breast tissueJennifer Stone
Centre for Molecular Environmental Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:612-7. 2006..Our previous twin study showed that the heritability of PMD was 63%. This study determined the heritabilities of the components of PMD, the areas of dense and nondense tissue in the mammogram...