Effect of Breast Self-Examination Training Program on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of a Group of Working Women
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According to McKenna et al. [17], the annual incidence of BC worldwide will be more than one million cases by the year 2000. They reported that above the age of 30, incidence rates of BC began to rise and the highest rates were among women aged 60 and over. Furthermore, they added that cancer will become an increasingly important challenge to health services of developing countries in the coming decades.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002