scholarly journals Early detection of breast cancer: the role of risk perception and family history

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Ribeiro Seabra ◽  
Ana Carolina Peuker ◽  
Maria Júlia Armiliato ◽  
Miguel Luis Alves de Souza ◽  
Elisa Kern de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Family History ◽  
Early Detection

The role of primary care centers in Saudi Arabia in the early detection of breast cancer

2019 ◽  
pp. 620-624
Author(s):  
Saad Alhumaidi ◽  
Abdullah Alshehri ◽  
Abdullah Altowairqi ◽  
Ahmad Alharthy ◽  
Bader Malki
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Early Detection

Abstract B68: Explanatory models of risk: The role of social context in breast cancer risk perception and decision making

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Gunn ◽  
Barbara Bokhour ◽  
Tracy A. Battaglia ◽  
Sarah Blakeslee ◽  
Christine Holmberg
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Cancer Risk Perception

scholarly journals The Impact of Family History of Breast Cancer on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Early Detection Practices of Mexican Women Along the Mexico-US Border

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 867-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yelena Bird ◽  
Matthew P. Banegas ◽  
John Moraros ◽  
Sasha King ◽  
Surasri Prapasiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Family History ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Mexican Women ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG WOMEN WITH TEENAGE DAUGHTERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Andriani ◽  
Restuning Widiasih ◽  
Citra Windani Mambang S
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge

Background, the incidence of breast cancer in women increases every year worldwide including Indonesia. Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is an early detection method for detecting breast cancer that can be done by all women. However, research in Indonesia that examines women's knowledge about BSE, especially in women who have teenage daughters is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify women's knowledge about BSE, especially women with teenage daughters. Method, This study was quantitative descriptive research. The samples were selected using the total sampling technique. The number of samples was 138 women who have teenage daughters. This study was conducted in Sarijadi Village, Bandung. The research instrument was a knowledge questionnaire about BSE. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution. The results of the study, women had a moderate level of knowledge about BSE (51.4%) Women's knowledge was good in the component of purposes and benefits of the BSE (79.7%), and they had poor understanding related to identifying sources to conduct BSE to their daughters (73.2%), Conclusions and recommendation, women have good knowledge about the purposes and benefits of BSE, however they had lack of knowledge about the role of women in supporting girls to conduct BSE.  Women need information from health workers relates to their roles in conducting BSE to their daughters. Further research is needed to examine the knowledge and role of fathers in women’s health especially daughters including early detection of cancer as supporting and maintaining daughters' health in the family are parents’ responsibilities including father.  Keywords: BSE, breast cancer, health knowledge, mothers, teenage women.

scholarly journals Awareness regarding breast cancer among urban women in South India

Biomedicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 845-848
Author(s):  
Ramya R. ◽  
Chandru R. ◽  
Rajiv Raj D. ◽  
Zeenath Begum U. ◽  
Shwetha Suryaraj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
South India ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
School Level ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cancer Symptoms

Introduction and Aim: Breast cancer is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and recent trends have shown increased incidence among younger women. There is, therefore, an imminent need to raise the level of awareness among the women in the entire population. The present study was carried out to evaluate the level of awareness among urban women in South India.   Methodology: This hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 1000 adult women who visited the outpatient clinics of our tertiary care hospital for various illness.  The level of awareness regarding breast cancer was elicited based on the risk factors of breast cancer, symptoms, and role of family history. Awareness regarding the tools for early detection, management and preventive measures was also elicited.   Results: The study observed that 78.9% of the participants who were illiterates had no awareness of the symptoms, while 57.9% of the participants with high school level education were unaware of the symptoms. Regarding the role of genetics in breast cancer occurrence, 47% of the illiterate participants reported that breast cancer is not hereditary. It was observed that lack of awareness regarding the early detection was prevalent among 81%, 87% and 93% of the participants who were illiterate, primary, and middle school level educated respectively.   Conclusion: The present study has also elucidated the lack of adequate knowledge on important facts regarding the breast cancer is alarming and this needs to be addressed with due focus on providing health education by health care providers at various levels of health system.

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