Publications by authors named "Abigail Kokkinakis"
JAMA Netw Open
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- This study examines how various demographic, environmental, lifestyle, and healthcare factors impact breast cancer mortality rates across different U.S. counties.
- The analysis utilized data from the SEER database for adult female breast cancer patients between 2015 and 2019, employing advanced statistical methods to identify geographic variations in mortality associations.
- Results indicated that higher obesity rates increase and lower mammogram screening rates decrease breast cancer mortality rates, with the effect of these factors being consistent across the country, while other factors varied geographically.
