Breast cancer screening among women with intellectual disability in Denmark

Recent studies have found markedly increased breast-cancer specific mortality among women with intellectual disability (ID). A possible explanation could be less participation in breast cancer screening among women with ID. A retrospective study in Denmark evaluated screening participation among women with ID compared with women without ID. The study showed that 45% of women with ID versus 13% of women without ID were never screened. Screening participation decreased with increasing severity of ID.