Blar i ODA Open Digital Archive på forfatter "Bhargava, Sameer"
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Gender, letters, relatives, and God: mediating actors in mammographic screening among Pakistani women in Norway.
Bhargava, Sameer; Hofvind, Solveig; Moen, Kåre (Acta Radiologica Open;Volume 8, issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-19)Background: Pakistani immigrant women in Norway have lower attendance rates in the national breast cancer screening program (BreastScreen Norway) compared to non-immigrants and immigrants from most other countries. Purpose: ... -
Lower attendance rates in immigrant versus non-immigrant women in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme
Bhargava, Sameer; Tsuruda, Kaitlyn; Moen, Kåre; Bukholm, Ida; Hofvind, Solveig (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective The Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme invites women aged 50-69 to biennial mammographic screening. Although 84% of invited women have attended at least once, attendance rates vary across the country. ... -
Survival among women diagnosed with screen-detected or interval breast cancer classified as true, minimal signs, or missed through an informed radiological review
Tsuruda, Kaitlyn; Hovda, Tone; Bhargava, Sameer; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Hofvind, Solveig (European Radiology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-12)Objectives: “True” breast cancers, defined as not being visible on prior screening mammograms, are expected to be more aggressive than “missed” cancers, which are visible in retrospect. However, the evidence to support ...