Mammography Use, Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis, and Survival Among Older Women

BACKGROUND: Women age 65 years and older account for most newly diagnosed breast cancers and deaths from breast cancer. Yet, older women are least likely to undergo mammography, perhaps because mammography's value is less well demonstrated in older women.

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