Dr. Chan on Improving Mammography Screening Rates With Signed Letters

Name: Dr. Chan on Improving Mammography Screening Rates With Signed Letters
Uploaded: 2014-09-08T10:59:01.000Z
Description: Elisa K. Chan, MD, discusses improving mammography screening rates with signed letters from physicians. Chan worked for the BC Cancer Agency during the study.

September 8, 2014

Elisa K. Chan, MD

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Elisa K. Chan, MD, discusses improving mammography screening rates with signed letters from physicians. Chan worked for the BC Cancer Agency during the study.

Elisa K. Chan, MD, radiation oncologist, Saint John Regional Hospital in New Brunswick, Canada, discusses improving mammography screening rates with signed letters from physicians. Chan worked for the BC Cancer Agency during the study.

In this study, family physicians signed pre-printed mammography screening reminder letters. After six months, an absolute improvement of 10% was observed. Improvement was seen regardless of age, number of previous screenings, and years overdue.

If women come back for screening on a regular basis, Chan said, recall rates will improve in the long term.

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