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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2008 Jul 15;113(2):434–441. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23564

TABLE 2.

Frequency of Self-Reported Cancer Screening in 1-Year Retinoblastoma Survivors by Hereditary Status

Type of cancer
screening examination
Hereditary
no. (%)
Nonhereditary
no. (%)
P
Females only
Breast self-examimation
  Rarely/never 51 (26.0) 53 (28.2)
  Occasionally 67 (34.2) 69 (36.7)
  Regularly* 78 (39.8) 66 (35.1)
  Total 196 (100.0) 188 (100.0) .637
Clinical breast examination
  Never 9 (4.6) 7 (3.7)
  <1 y ago 133 (67.5) 136 (72.0)
  1–2 y ago 44 (22.3) 35 (18.5)
  ≥3 y ago 11 (5.6) 11 (5.8)
  Total 197 (100.0) 189 (100.0) .767
Pap test
  Never 11 (5.6) 12 (6.3)
  <1 y ago 116 (58.9) 133 (70.4)
  1–2 y ago 53 (26.9) 34 (18.0)
  ≥3 y ago 17 (8.6) 10 (5.3)
  Total 197 (100.0) 189 (100.0) .072
Mammography
  Never 3 (5.8) 7 (10.4)
  <1 y ago 16 (30.8) 22 (32.8)
  1–2 y ago 21 (40.4) 31 (46.3)
  ≥3 y ago 12 (23.1) 7 (10.4)
  Total 52 (100.0) 67 (100.0) .266
Males only
Testicular self-examination
  Rarely/never 124 (52.8) 127 (66.5)
  Occasionally 59 (25.1) 42 (22.0)
  Regularly* 52 (22.1) 22 (11.5)
  Total 235 (100.0) 191 (100.0) .005

Pap indicates Papanicolaou.

*

Once a month.

Total differs due to missing information.

Includes women aged ≥40 y only.