Background: Improvement of attitudes toward breast cancer positively affects the screening behaviors of women. Imagery has been shown to have a positive impact on the screening behaviors of women. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the effects of breast cancer screening training based on the systematic comprehensive health education and promotion (SHEP) model on the attitudes and breast self-...

background: early detection and screening have been successful in reducing mortality in some countries, but not in others. this is most of due to poor management and implementation of inappropriate policies. all of patients with cervical cancer are in developing countries. the effectiveness of screening for cancer of the cervix in these countries is dramatic. it seems that after 50 years pap sm...

background routine screening for distress is internationally recommended as a necessary standard for good cancer care given its high prevalence and negative consequences on quality of life. this study attempts to support validation of distress thermometer (dt) in shiraz, iran and in the second step to investigate privilege/priority of dt over other referent criterion measures. material and meth...

Background: Beliefs of women play a very important role in efficacy of screening for cervical cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate their points of view using appropriate tools with suitable validity and reliability. It seems that the Pap Smear Belief Questionnaire (PSBQ) can assess the attitudes and beliefs of women towards screening for Pap smear. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate...

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...

In October 2015, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its evidence-based breast cancer screening guidelines for women at average risk for breast cancer. These guidelines introduced significant changes to the age to begin breast cancer screening, as well as the frequency between screenings and duration of screening. Not long afterward, in January 2016, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Forc...

background: individuals with a positive family history of colorectal cancer have an increased risk of developing this type of cancer. the number of affected relatives and the age at diagnosis are two factors that increase the risk of colorectal cancer. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of a positive family history of colorectal cancer in a random sample among the iranian genera...

A Bowel Cancer Taskforce has been formed, to provide advice and recommendations to the Minister of Health on bowel cancer screening. This taskforce is required to provide guidance on the establishment of a bowel cancer programme, including implementation, ensuring people with increased risk are screened, ensuring access to treatment and diagnostic services for all people. They will also be requ...

Study Design: A descriptive predictive design was used to guide this study. Objectives: This study (1) identify the association between teachers’ age, body mass index, years of employment, and their intention undergo colorectal cancer screening, (2) investigate difference in health beliefs about screening groups gender, educational qualification, marital status, family history having cancer. Se...