Impact of Coronavirus 2019 on Breast Cancer Screening in African American Women.

Authors

Jasmin Eugene, LaKeisha Williams, Elizabeth Howard

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Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. Volume 37. Issue 3. Pages 839-849.

Abstract

Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers in America, exhibits health disparities disfavoring non-Hispanic Black women. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of COVID-19 on non-Hispanic Black women compared with non-Hispanic White women receiving mammograms. This study is a retrospective chart review conducted at a large health system in the South that included patients who were female, non-Hispanic Black or non-Hispanic White, between the ages of 18 to 74 years. The primary endpoint was time from previous mammogram prior to COVID-19 pandemic to first mammogram during the pandemic. The cohort included 385,419 patients with the majority identifying as non-Hispanic White. The time between mammogram pre-COVID and mammogram during COVID for Black women was 75.42 (56.00, 126.29) weeks compared with 79.57 (56.89, 136.14) weeks for White women (p <.0001). Black women were more likely to receive a mammogram sooner than White women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PMID:
42605644
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 17 Aug 2026.

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