In time for future – time for equal breast cancer care

Description

The number of women who decease from breast cancer is decreasing in Sweden. An important reason for this is the high number of women participating in mammography screening. Thus, many cases can be detected at an early stage, which means good conditions for successful treatment. This applies to women in general, but there are differences in certain groups. Among women with intellectual disabilities, a high mortality is still seen and there is a clear connection to late detection. Women from this group are absent from their mammography examinations to a greater extent, and thus possible cases of breast cancer are discovered later, which reduces the chance of successful treatment. This study aims to study how different factors influence the frequency of mammography visits among women with intellectual disabilities. The data will consist of focus group interviews with these women combined with a questionnaire study among good men/managers