Diagnostic mammography performance appeared to vary across racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Some of these disparities may be reduced through interventions that address characteristics associated with imaging facility and access instead of personal characteristics, researchers noted.
Previous studies have identified socioeconomic and biological factors as possible causes of racial disparities in breast cancer, but potential differences linked to the diagnostic mammography process have not been explored, according