Open AccessAssociation of Knowledge and Cultural Perceptions of Malaysian Women with Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer: a Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Tahir Mehmood Khan,
Jamie Pik Yan Leong,
Long Chiau Ming,
Amer Hayat Khan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.13.5349
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , ethnic group , disease , cancer , family medicine , poverty , breast cancer screening , gynecology , mammography , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality among women of all ethnic and age groups in Malaysia. Delay in seeking help for breast cancer symptoms is preventable and by identifying possible factors for delayed diagnosis, patient prognosis and survival rates could be improved.