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Uptake of Cancer Screening Tests Among Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Transplantation, May 2017
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Title
Uptake of Cancer Screening Tests Among Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation
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American Journal of Transplantation, May 2017
DOI 10.1111/ajt.14272
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S. A. Acuna, R. Sutradhar, X. Camacho, C. Daly, M. E. Del Giudice, S. J. Kim, N. N. Baxter

Abstract

Population-based cancer screening recommendations are also suggested for solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR); however, recommendation adherence is unknown. In a population-based cohort of SOTR in Ontario between 1997 and 2010, we determined the uptake of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening tests and identified factors associated with up-to-date screening using recurrent event analysis. We identified 4436 SOTR eligible for colorectal, 2252 for cervical, and 1551 for breast cancer screening. Of those, 3437 (77.5%), 1572 (69.8%), and 1417 (91.4%), respectively, were not up-to-date for cancer screening tests during the observation period. However, these rates are likely an overestimate due to the inability to differentiate between tests done for screening or for diagnosis. SOTR with fewer comorbidities had higher rates of becoming screen up-to-date. Assessment by a primary care provider (PCP) was associated with becoming up-to-date with cancer screening (breast relative risk [RR] = 1.40, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12-1.76, cervical RR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.06-1.57, colorectal RR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.15-1.48). Similar results were observed for continuity of care by transplant specialist at a transplant center. In conclusion, cancer screening for most SOTR does not adhere to standard recommendations. Involvement of PCPs in posttransplant care and continuity of care at a transplant center may improve the uptake of screening.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 43 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 16%
Researcher 6 14%
Unspecified 5 12%
Other 3 7%
Student > Bachelor 2 5%
Other 7 16%
Unknown 13 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 33%
Unspecified 5 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 7%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 17 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 77. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2017.
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#552,744
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Outputs from American Journal of Transplantation
#113
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#11,418
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Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Transplantation
#4
of 89 outputs
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