Awareness of breast cancer warning signs and screening methods among female residents of pokhara valley, Nepal

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4723-4726

  Sathian, Brijesh ^a   Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina ^b   Banerjee, Indrajit ^a   Mittal, Ankush ^c   De, Asis ^a   Roy, Bedanta ^a   Rajesh, Elayedath ^d   Senthilkumaran, Subramanian ^e   Hussain, Syed Ather ^f   Menezes, Ritesh George ^g  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR and Model Hospital   (India)

^c Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Sri Gokulam Hospital and Research Institute   (India)

^f DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^g IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination; Mammogram; Nepal; Questionnaire; Warning sign

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903693745     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.11.4723     Document Type: Article

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