Breast Cancer and Screening

SHIRAZ BREAST CANCER STUDY PART II: SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY IN A OPULATIONBASED BREAST CANCER SURVEY

The purpose of this study was to assess the detection rate of mammography in breast cancer and the attendance rate in response to the call for screening mammography in females before the development of symptoms. One-thousand four-hundred and thirty-eight women over 35 years of age who had no complaint and had normal breast examinations were called for mammography. Out of the 10,000 women u...

Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors Based on Health Belief Model

Abstract Introduction: The incidence and mortality of breast cancer will be reduced by screening. Objective: The study aimed to determine breast cancer screening behaviors based on the health beliefs model in women living in Mashhad City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 406 women referring to five health-medical centers in Mashhad from July...

breast cancer screening with mri

the sensitivity and specificity of mammography are limited in highly fibroglandular breasts (acr density c and d). digital mammography provides increased sensitivity in young women and those with moderately dense breasts, and digital three-dimensional mammography (tomosynthesis) promises further improvement. for women with the densest breasts, however, radiography is unlikely to be the optimum ...

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Women towards Breast Cancer and Its Screening: Babol City, Iran – 2017

Background and purpose: Considering the high prevalence and the reduction of the age of breast cancer in Iran, the present study was conducted to survey women's knowledge, attitude and practice about breast cancer and its screening tests in Babol city. Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 304 women aged 20-65 years (in Hashemi Healthcare Centre affiliated to Babol University of M...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer