5215.0 Breast cancer screening, treatment, and survival in underserved populations

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Breast cancer disparities in incidence, progression, and mortality have been noted in minority, rural, and underserved populations. Sources of these disparities include access to care, health insurance type, and the lack of minority representation in clinical trials. In this oral session, panelists will discuss strategies to increase access to mammography screening, identify preferred sources of health-related information among women screened for breast cancer, and explore the role of public insurance in improving breast cancer outcomes. Innovative programs to advance gene-expression profiling (GEP) will be presented as part of the emerging technologies with the potential address cancer disparities.
Session Objectives: Identify predictors of breast cancer screening in racial and ethnic minority women Describe emerging technologies in personalized medicine that may improve delivery of breast cancer prevention and treatment to underserved populations
Moderator:
Erica S. Breslau, PhD

12:30pm
Access to breast cancer screening through a community-based mobile mammography program among underserved women in Santa Clara, CA
Angelica Diaz, MPH(c), Elena Alcala, MPH, Linda Pham Chuang, MPH, CHES and Maripaz Nazareno, RN
12:50pm
Preferred sources of receiving health-related messages among adult females with recent screening mammography
Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES, Heather H. Goltz, PhD, LMSW, MEd, Justin Dickerson, MBA, Jairus Pulczinski and Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH
1:10pm
Underrepresentation of minorities and poor women in studies of gene-expression profiling of breast tumors potentially increases disparities in breast cancer outcomes
Donna H. Odierna, DrPH, MS, Aimee Afable-Munsuz, PhD, MPH, Ogechi Ikediobi, PhD, Mary Beattie, MD, Sara Knight, PhD, Michelle Ko, MD, PhD, Adrienne Wilson and Ninez Ponce, MPP, PhD
  
1:30pm
Medicare Coverage and Decreased Disparities in Rates of Mammography Screening Among Black Women in the Delta
Barbara Kilbourne, PhD, Robert Levine, MD, Van Cain, Maureen Sanderson, MPH, PhD, Mary Kay Fadden, PA-C, MPH, Maria Pisu, PhD, Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH, Paul Juarez, PhD and Charles Hennekens, MD, DrPH
     

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Organized by: Women's Caucus
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Cancer Forum, Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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