Open AccessPsychosocial consequences of false-positive results in screening mammography
Author(s) -
Zeina El Hachem,
Marouan Zoghbi,
Souheil Hallit
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_4_17
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , mammography , biopsy , breast cancer , anxiety , breast biopsy , psychological intervention , mammography screening , breast cancer screening , gynecology , clinical psychology , cancer , psychiatry
To evaluate the psychosocial impact of benign breast biopsies on Lebanese women after a screening mammography and the effect of these biopsies on patients' attitudes toward subsequent screening.