Knowledge about breast cancer and mammography in breast cancer screening among women awaiting mammography

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Yücel, Aylin ^a   Deǧirmenci, Bumin ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Ellidokuz, Hülya ^a   Albayrak, Ramazan ^a   Haktanir, Alpay ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Cancer screening; Information management; Mammography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING TESTS; SELF-EXAMINATION;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 14944379853     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Dibble SL, Vanoni JM, Miaskowski C. Women's attitudes toward breast cancer screening procedures: Differences by ethnicity. Women's Health Issues 7: 47-54, 1997.
2. Ferro S, Caroli A, Nanni O et al. A cross-sectional survey on breast self examination practice, utilization of breast professional examination, mammography and associated factors in Romagna, Italy. Tumori 78: 98-105, 1992.
3. Odusanya OO, Tayo OO. Breast cancer knowledge, attitudes and practice among nurses in Lagos, Nigeria. Acta Oncol 40: 844-8, 2001.
4. Sadler GR, Dhanjal SK, Shah NB et al. Asian Indian women: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours toward breast cancer early detection. Public Health Nurs 18: 357-63, 2001.
5. Sadler GR, Ryujin LT, Ko CM et al. Korean women: breast cancer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. BMC Public Health 1: 7, 2001.
6. Maxwell CJ, Bancej CM, Snider J. Predictors of mammography use among Canadian women aged 50-69: findings from the 1996/97 national population health survey. CMAJ 164: 329-34, 2001.
7. Bener A, Alwash R, Miller CJ et al. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to breast cancer screening: a survey of Arabic women. J Cancer Educ 16: 215-20, 2001.
8. Saint-Germain MA, Longman AJ. Breast cancer screening among older Hispanic women: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Health Educ Q 20: 539-53, 1993.
9. Siahpush M, Singh GK. Sociodemographic variations in breast cancer screening behaviour among Australian women: Results from the 1995 national health survey. Prev Med 35: 174-80, 2002.
10. Lubish L, Greenberg S, Friger M et al. Breast cancer screening in two multicultural family practice teaching clinics. Isr Med Assoc J 3: 579-83.2001.
11. De Grasse CE, O'Connor AM, Perrault DJ et al. Changes in women's breast cancer screening practices, knowledge, and attitudes in Ottawa-Carleton since 1991. Can J Public Health 87: 333-38, 1996.
12. Chamot E, Perneger TV. Men's and women's knowledge and perceptions of breast cancer and mammography screening. Prev Med 34: 380-5, 2002.
13. Heywang-Köbrunner SH, Schreer I, Dershaw DD. Diagnostic Breast Imaging: Mammography, sonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and intervertional procedures. New York. Georg Thieme Verlag 1997.
14. Sadler GR, Wang K, Wang M et al. Chinese women: Behaviours and attitudes toward breast cancer education and screening. Women's Health Issues 10: 20-6, 2000.
15. Thomas B, Stamler LL, Lafreniere KD et al. Using the internet to identify women's sources of breast health education and screening. Women Health 36: 33-48, 2002.
16. Tudiver F, Fuller-Thomson E. Who has screening mammography? Results from the 1994-1995 national population health survey. Can Fam Physician 45: 1901-7, 1999.
17. Maxwell AE, Bastani R, Warda US. Demographic predictors of cancer screening among Filipino and Korean immigrants in the United States. Am J Prev Med 18: 62-68, 2000.