On a mammogram, breast density (also known as mammographic density) is shown as white and bright regions and is associated with reduced sensitivity in cancer detection and increased breast cancer risk. However, many Australian women are unaware of the significance of breast density as it is not routinely reported or discussed. In order to address this lack of knowledge, Australian breast cancer...

BACKGROUND Older women have poorer survival from breast cancer, which may be at least partly due to poor breast cancer awareness leading to delayed presentation and more advanced stage at diagnosis. In a randomised trial, an intervention to promote early presentation of breast cancer in older women increased breast cancer awareness at 1 year compared with usual care (24 versus 4%). We examined ...

Results: In the present study, 30.89% women were in the age group 31-40 yrs. Most of the women (71.34 %) were married. Most of the women (44.27%) had secondary education and 13.69% were illiterate. Only 30.89% of the women were aware of breast selfexamination. In the study only 22.61% of the females had ever checked their breast. The level of awareness of breast self examination was highest amo...

Hamartoma of the breast is a rare benign breast lesion which is unfamiliar to most clinicians, although the mammographic features are usually characteristic. Hamartomas are composed of ducts, lobules, fat and fibrous tissue. These benign lesions are likely to be increasingly diagnosed because of routine screening and hence clinical awareness is paramount to prevent these lesions from being ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the awareness and practices of women with regard to breast cancer and its different methods of screening. METHODS A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the inpatient wards of Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore. By convenience sampling, 200 female inpatients were selected. An interviewer based pre-tested questionnaire was used to ask questions regarding knowl...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death among women in the world. With prevention and examinations, including breast self-examination, the death rate will be reduced. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health-belief-model-based training on the performance of women in breast self-examination in the province of Fars (Iran). METHODS An ...

OBJECTIVES Understanding barriers to early diagnosis of symptomatic breast cancer among Black African, Black Caribbean and White British women in the UK. DESIGN In-depth qualitative interviews using grounded theory methods to identify themes. Findings validated through focus groups. PARTICIPANTS 94 women aged 33-91 years; 20 Black African, 20 Black Caribbean and 20 White British women diagn...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to examine awareness of the three National Cancer Screening Programmes (breast, cervical, bowel) among white and ethnic minority groups in the UK. SETTING Data were from two surveys in which the screening questions were added: (i) the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Opinions Survey, carried out in September and October 2008; and (ii) the Ethnibus™ survey...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether recent newspaper coverage of the four most common cancer types relates to their relative burden and national awareness months, and to identify the subject focus during high-coverage periods. DESIGN Content analysis using the Nexis newspaper article database. SETTING UK 2011-2012. OUTCOME MEASURES Annual number and ranking, monthly proportions and subject of ...