A self-administered questionnaire was given to 6380 female secondary-school students (mean age = 18.1 years) in Jeddah to identify their knowledge of breast cancer and attitude towards breast self-examination (BSE). Knowledge of risk factors and presentation was very low. Over 80% of students failed to answer 50% of the questions correctly. A higher knowledge level was associated with older age...

Sir, The recent report on “Breast self-examination (BSE) among market women” is very interesting.[1] Obaji et al., concluded that “There was a low level of awareness of BSE among market women in Abakiliki and there is a need to increase the level of awareness through campaigns.”[1] The author would like to share the experience on the same topic from a tropical developing country Thailand. The s...

Variables related to continued breast selfexamination (BSE) practice were assessed at the conclusion of small group BSE training sessions and again 12 months later, using a sample of 1134 women 40 years and over who had attended a teaching session between February 1985 and September 1987 in Victoria, Australia. The teaching program was successful in increasing the frequency with which the parti...

This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the breast selfexamination practice in 200 women receiving hormone replacement therapy and had received education about breast cancer and breast selfexamination from nurses at Menopause Clinic Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital. Data were collected by researcher, using breast selfexamination questionnaire. The results showed that breast self-e...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most frequently occurring cancer in women and the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among 792 female undergraduate students in public universities in Klang Valley, Malaysia, from January to April 2011. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire developed for this study. RESULTS ...

Breast cancer is prevalent among women, and although rare, it can develop in men. Society seems unaware that men can develop breast cancer, which contributes in part to late diagnoses in men. Nurses must raise awareness regarding the possible occurrence of breast cancer in men, the associated risk factors, and methods of prevention. A simple screening method, such as a breast self-examination, ...

BACKGROUND Our study objective was to determine the validity and reliability of the breast module of a cancer awareness measure (BCAM) among adult women in western Kenya. METHODS The study was conducted between October and November 2012, following three breast cancer screening events. Purposive and systematic random sampling methods were used to identity 48 women for cognitive focus group dis...

A considerable proportion of women with breast cancer in this country present for treatment in late stages of the disease; Britain's primary health-care system means that in most cases the possible diagnosis of breast cancer is first made in general practice. This offers ample opportunity for early diagnosis and a better understanding about the way the general practitioners perceive the problem...

Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is always thought to be done by most women only. However, men are also susceptible to breast cancer and as such, also needs to perform Breast Self-Examination (BSE). In this study, the awareness, compliance; and confidence of the participants on BSE was done among 496 students, between male and female participants, of different year levels and from different colleg...

In 2003, the revised American Cancer Society guidelines recommended that breast self-examination (BSE) be optional. Of 822 women diagnosed with breast cancer in our hospital from 1994 to 2004, sixty four (7.7%) were 40 years of age or younger. Forty four (68.7%) of these young women discovered their breast cancers on BSE, 17 (18%) by mammography, and 3 (4.7%) by clinical breast examination by m...