Changes in the attitudes and behavior of relatives of breast cancer patients concerning cancer prevention and screening

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5693-5697

  Koca, Dogan ^a   Ozdemir, Oguzhan ^b   Akdeniz, Huseyin ^b   Unal, Olcun Umit ^a,c   Yilmaz, Ugur ^c,d  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Private Istanbul Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awareness; Behavioral changes; Breast cancer; Patient relatives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890536688     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.10.5693     Document Type: Article

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