Abstract C82: Correlates of enrollee retention in a community-based breast cancer screening program

CONCLUSION: This community-based cancer screening program engaged women from its target population in breast cancer screening. Several factors associated with program retention were identified, this information can be used to direct future program outreach and planning efforts. Our findings suggests that program retention was associated with likelihood of breast cancer diagnosis, however, the initial program screen had the greatest association with breast cancer diagnosis.Citation Format: Shana O. Ntiri, Elena Klyushnenkova. Correlates of enrollee retention in a community-based breast cancer screening program. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Ninth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2016 Sep 25-28; Fort Lauderdale, FL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017;26(2 Suppl):Abstract nr C82.
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Screening and Early Detection: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research