Patient navigation leads to increased rates of timely definitive diagnosis in Latinas with BIRADS-3 breast abnormalities –The Six Cities Study

Amelie Ramirez, DrPH1, Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, M.D.2, Gregory Talavera, MD, MPH3, Frank Penedo, PhD4, Emilio Carillo, MD5, María E. Fernández, PhD6, Alan Holden, PhD1, Edgar Munoz, MS7, Sandra San Miguel, MS8 and Kipling Gallion, MA9
(1)University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, (2)University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, (3)San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, (4)Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, (5)Cornell University, New York, NY, (6)University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, (7)The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, (8)Institute of Health Promotion Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, (9)UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX