Mammography rates better for migrant women

Use of mammography for breast cancer screening has improved among foreign-born women living in the United States.  However, these women are still less likely to have undergone screening than native-born American women as reported by the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities held in September, 2011.  Inadequate or lack of access to health insurance and a regular family doctor or healthcare service is felt to influence this lower percentage rate of use according to research conducted at Pennsylvania State University.

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