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Breast cancer knowledge and screening behaviour among women with a positive family history: a cross sectional study.

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2013

Subramanian Pathmawathi, Oranye Nelson Ositadimma, Masri Azimah Mohd, Taib Nur Aishah, Ahmad Nora

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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the commonest type of cancer among women, and in Malaysia 50-60% of the new cases are being detected at late stages. Do age, education level, income, ethnicity, relationship with breast cancer patients and knowledge of breast cancer risk factors influence breast screening practices? This study revealed interesting but significant differences. OBJECTIVES: To assess the knowledge of...

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PMID: 24377606
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.11.6783

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