Factors influencing late presentation for breast cancer in the middle east: A systematic review

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1597-1600

  Alhurishi, Sultana ^a   Lim, Jennifer N W ^a   Potrata, Barbara ^a   West, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delay; Late presentation; Middle east; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858024788     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Abdel-Fatah M, Anwar M, Mari E, et al (1999). Patient and system related diagnositic delay in breast cancer. Eur J Public Health, 9, 15-19.
2. Bener A, Honein G, Carter AO, et al (2002). The determinants of breast cancer screening behavior: a focus group study of women in the United Arab Emirates. Oncol Nurs Forum, 29, E91-8
3. Boyle P, Levin B (eds.) (2008). World Cancer Report 2008, Lyon: International Agency for research on Cancer
4. Doumit MA, El Saghir N, Abu-saad H, et al (2010a). Living with breast cancer, a Lebanese experience. Eur J Oncol Nurs, 14, 42-8
5. Doumit MA, Huijer HA, Kelley JH, El Saghir N, Nassar N (2010b). Coping with breast cancer: a phenomenological study. Cancer Nurs, 33, E33-9.
6. Elzawawy A (1991). Delay in seeking medical advice by breats canecr patinets presneting with a breast lump. Int Atomic Energy Agency/TECDOC, 1, 35-42.
7. Elzawawy A (1999). Delay in seeking medical advice by breast cancer patients presenting with breast lump. Cancer Strategy, 1, 16-19.
8. Facione NC (1993). Delay versus help seeking for breast cancer symptoms: a critical review of the literature on patient and provider delay. Soc Sci Med, 36, 1521-34.
9. Habibzadeh F (2006). A snapshot of medical journals from the Middle East. Lancet, 367, 978.
10. Harandy TF, Ghofranipour F, Montazeri A, et al (2010). Muslim breast cancer survivor spirituality: coping strategy or health seeking behavior hindrance? Health Care Women Int, 31, 88-98.
11. Harirchi I, Ghaemmaghami F, Karbakhsh M, et al(2005). Patient delay in women presenting with advanced breast cancer: an Iranian study. Public Health, 119, 885-91.
12. Jemal A, Center MM, Desantis C, et al (2010). Global patterns of cancer incidence and mortality rates and trends. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 19, 1893-907.
13. Lamyian M, Hydarnia A, Ahmadi F, et al (2007). Barriers to and factors facilitating breast cancer screening among Iranian women: a qualitative study. East Mediterr Health J, 13, 1160-9.
14. Montazeri A, Ebrahimi M, Mehrdad N, et al(2003). Delayed presentation in breast cancer: a study in Iranian women. BMC Womens Health, 3, 4.
15. Ramirez AJ, Westcombe AM, Burgess CC, et al (1999). Factors predicting delayed presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: a systematic review. Lancet, 353, 1127-31.
16. Rakhra EA, El-Sayed E, Lee AHS, et al (2008). Breast cancer: prognostic significance of Nottingham Histologic grade in invasive breast carcinoma. J Clin Oncol, 3153-58.
17. Rastogi T, Hildesheim A, Sinha R (2004). Opportunities for cancer epidemiology in developing countries. Nat Rev Cancer, 4, 909-17.
18. Richards MA, Westcombe AM, Love SB, Littlejohns P, Ramirez AJ (1999). Influence of delay on survival in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review. Lancet, 353, 1119-26.
19. Stapleton J, Mullan P, Dey S, et al (2011). Patient-mediated factors predicting early- and late-stage presnetation of breast cancer in Egypt. Psycho-Oncol, 20, 532-37
20. Taleghani F, Yekta ZP, Nasrabadi AN (2006). Coping with breast cancer in newly diagnosed Iranian women. J Adv Nurs, 54, 265-72; discussion 272-3.
21. Taleghani F, Yekta ZP, Nasrabadi AN, et al (2008). Adjustment process in Iranian women with breast cancer. Cancer Nurs, 31, E32-41.
22. Unger-Saldana K, Infante-Castaneda C (2009). Delay of medical care for symptomatic breast cancer: a literature review. Salud Publica de Mexico, 51 Suppl 2, s270-85.
23. World Health Orgnization (2009). Towards a strategy for cancer control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Cairo: World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean.