Non-Practice of breast self examination and marital status are associated with delayed presentation with breast cancer

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1141-1145

  Ghazali, Sumarni Mohd ^a   Othman, Zabedah ^b   Cheong, Kee Chee ^a   Hock, Lim Kuang ^c   Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita Wan ^a   Kamaluddin, Muhammad Amir ^a   Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi ^a   Mustafa, Amal Nasir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c Institute for Public Health   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Delayed presentation; Malaysia; Marital status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877648480     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.1141     Document Type: Article

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