Open AccessA survey of breast cancer knowledge and attitude in Iranian women
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi,
Nahid Nafissi,
Masoud Saghafinia,
Mohammad-Esmaeil Akbari
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.95173
Subject(s) - medicine , breast self examination , family medicine , economic shortage , breast cancer , mammography , gynecology , demography , cancer , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , sociology
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among Iranian women. It is recommended that women be under national screening for early detection of cases to improve survival and decrease mortality. Because of shortage of facilities, breast self-examination (BSE) instead of clinical-based examination (CBE) and mammography is advocated as the first step of screening in developing countries including Iran. It is quite clear that the related knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the community is necessary to have a successful screening program particularly for BSE.
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