INTRODUCTION We examined differences in knowledge and socioeconomic factors associated with 3 types of breast cancer screening (breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammogram) among African American, Arab, and Latina women. METHODS Community health workers used a community-based intervention to recruit 341 women (112 Arab, 113 Latina, and 116 African American) in southeas...

Breast cancer is the most common female malignant disease in the western countries where a woman's lifetime risk of developing the disease is more than 10%. Nulliparity or use of hormonal replacement therapy, strong family history, or a history of therapeutic thoracic radiation are considerable high risk factors for the development of breast cancer. Nowadays more new effective therapeutic agent...

This article summarizes the eight major randomized, controlled clinical trials of breast cancer screening with mammography, provides an objective critical review of the evidence for screening, and assesses the current state of knowledge about breast cancer screening. This report concludes that, for women between 50 and 69 years of age, screening significantly reduces mortality from breast cance...

Whether or not U.S. women follow the recommended breast cancer screening guidelines is related to the perceived benefits and harms of the procedure. Twitter is a rich source of subjective information containing individuals’ sentiment towards public health interventions/technologies. Using a modified version of Hutto and Gilbert (2014) sentiment classifier, we described the temporal, geospatial,...

Breast cancer is by far the most common female cancer (21.6/100,000) and one of the primary causes of death (5.7/100,000) among Chinese women, with an estimated 169,452 new cases and 44,908 deaths in 2008 1. The total annual number of new cases in regions with limited health resources continues to increase 1,2. The causes of breast cancer remain unclear. Early detection is believed to be the be...

Background & Aims: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with the peak frequency of a decade lower than the global age. The aim of this cross sectional study is to estimate the burden of breast cancer in women in Western Azerbaijan Province in 2013. Materials & Methods:  In this cross-sectional study, the information needed to calculate YLD and YLL creating the total DA...

OBJECTIVES To explore how women with negative mammography screening results, but who were later diagnosed with interval breast cancer, reacted when they observed breast symptoms that could indicate malignancy in-between screening rounds. DESIGN Semistructured individual interviews with women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer during mammography screening intervals. SETTING Two breas...

Still there is a passionate debate in medical world about the best screening method for Breast Cancer. Early detection is an effective way to diagnose and manage breast cancer. Mammography is the most widely used screening modality, with solid evidence of benefit for women aged 40 to 74 years. Even then it has also undergone increased scrutiny for False-Positives with additional testing which i...

Background & Aims: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with the peak frequency of a decade lower than the global age. The aim of this cross sectional study is to estimate the burden of breast cancer in women in Western Azerbaijan Province in 2013. Materials & Methods:  In this cross-sectional study, the information needed to calculate YLD and YLL creating the total DA...