The number of new breast cancer cases reached 68 thousand (16.6%) the total 396 in Indonesia. Meanwhile, deaths more than 22.000 cases. So with several causal factors and research data on cancer, it is only natural that Indonesian women know Breast Self-Examination (BSE) from an early age. BSE most recommended detection for every woman can be done by yourself. This study aimed to determine effe...

OBJECTIVE Breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast exam (CBE), mammography and ultrasound imaging (UI) are screening methods used for early diagnosis of breast cancer (BC). The purpose of this study is to put forth the utilization frequency of these screening methods among women presenting to the gynecology outpatient clinics and the relation of these data with the socio-demographic chara...

OBJECTIVE To measure the effect of breast self-examination (BSE) technique and frequency on the risk of death from breast cancer. DESIGN Case-control study nested within the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (NBSS). SETTING The Canadian NBSS, a multicentre randomized controlled trial of screening for breast cancer in Canadian women. SUBJECTS The case subjects were 163 women who had...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding breast and cervical cancer screening in selected ethnocultural groups (i.e., Italian, Ukranian, Finnish, and the native population) in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. DESIGN Descriptive, exploratory. SETTING Rural and urban settings in Northwestern Ontario. SAMPLE 105 women aged 40 and older who were re...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer (BC) is one of the leading causes of death among women. Secondary prevention may enable early detection, but this is suboptimal among all Iranian women. METHODS This was a descriptive, analytic cross sectional study on 385 women 35 years old or more with no history of BC. Participants were selected by simple randomized method and were assessed through a two-part self-...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Oman and worldwide. Breast cancer patients in Oman are commonly presented at a relatively young age and with an advanced stage of disease. This could be due to lack of awareness, knowledge and beliefs about breast cancer and its management among females. The present pilot study assessed the awareness and knowledge about the screening method...

Background: The incidence of breast and cervical cancers is growing rapidly among Egyptian women. In this context, we assessed the prevalence of, and factors associated with the lack of knowledge among Egyptian females of performing breast self–examination (BSE) and unawareness of cervical smear cancer screening services. Methods: Secondary data analysis was performed on a representative popula...

The debate over the effi cacy of breast self-exams (BSE) tends to be couched in economic terms based on data aggregation. There are confl icting reports of its effectiveness as well as its overall costs to the health care system. Researchers and most funding agencies suggest it is not a useful tool in cancer prevention and often drives up health care costs because of the number of false positiv...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of breast cancer leads to early treatment therefore improving women's health. However, most Thai women are diagnosed at a late stage. OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional correlational study was designed to explore factors influencing the diagnosis of early stage breast cancer in Thai women. METHOD Thai women (n = 400) newly diagnosed breast cancer at all clinical stage...