Healthcare Provider Guidance for Breast Cancer Screening

Breast Cancer and Screening

سرطان پستان یکی از شایع ترین بیماریهای بدخیم و اولین علت مرگ و میر زنان بوده و تقریبا یک سوم تمام سرطانهای زنان را تشکیل می دهد.

Having a personal healthcare provider and receipt of adequate cervical and breast cancer screening.

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between having a personal health care provider and adequate cervical and breast cancer screening behavior. METHODS Cross-sectional data were obtained from the 2004 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System. For cervical cancer, female respondents 18 years of age and older who did not have hysterectomy were included (n = 130,...

Screening for breast cancer.

Clearly breast cancer in women aged over 50 fulfils the first two criteria, but it is the third point that is inconsistent with the 3-yearly programme proposed in the UK. The ‘sojourn’ time is the duration of time that an occult tumour can be detected before the onset of symptoms. Applying this to breast cancer (for the average non-screening-detected breast cancer of 1 2 cm) it has been estimat...

Screening for breast cancer.

CONTEXT Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available. OBJECTIVES To review breast cancer screening, especially in the community and to examine evidence about new screening modalities. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION English-language articles of randomized controlled trials assessin...

Screening for breast cancer.