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Goding Sauer A, Siegel RL, Jemal A, et al. Current Prevalence of Major Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Test Use in the United States: Disparities by Education and Race/Ethnicity. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019;28(4):629-642doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169.
Goding Sauer, A., Siegel, R. L., Jemal, A., & Fedewa, S. A. (2019). Current Prevalence of Major Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Test Use in the United States: Disparities by Education and Race/Ethnicity. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 28(4), 629-642. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169
Goding Sauer, Ann, et al. "Current Prevalence of Major Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Test Use in the United States: Disparities by Education and Race/Ethnicity." Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology vol. 28,4 (2019): 629-642. doi: https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169
Goding Sauer A, Siegel RL, Jemal A, Fedewa SA. Current Prevalence of Major Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Test Use in the United States: Disparities by Education and Race/Ethnicity. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Apr;28(4):629-642. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169. PMID: 30944145.
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Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Apr;28(4):629-642. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169.

Current Prevalence of Major Cancer Risk Factors and Screening Test Use in the United States: Disparities by Education and Race/Ethnicity.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

Ann Goding Sauer, Rebecca L Siegel, Ahmedin Jemal, Stacey A Fedewa

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  1. Intramural Research Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia. [email protected].
  2. Intramural Research Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 30944145 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-1169

Abstract

Overall cancer death rates in the United States have declined since 1990. The decline could be accelerated by eliminating socioeconomic and racial disparities in major risk factors and screening utilization. We provide an updated review of the prevalence of modifiable cancer risk factors, screening, and vaccination for U.S. adults, focusing on differences by educational attainment and race/ethnicity. Individuals with lower educational attainment have higher prevalence of modifiable cancer risk factors and lower prevalence of screening versus their more educated counterparts. Smoking prevalence is 6-fold higher among males without a high school (HS) education than female college graduates. Nearly half of women without a college degree are obese versus about one third of college graduates. Over 50% of black and Hispanic women are obese compared with 38% of whites and 15% of Asians. Breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening utilization is 20% to 30% lower among those with

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