Colon cancer among older saudis: Awareness of risk factors and early signs, and perceived barriers to screening

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1837-1846

  Galal, Yasmine Samir ^a   Amin, Tarek Tawfik ^a   Alarfaj, Abdulelah Khalid ^b   Almulhim, Abdulaziz Abdullah ^b   Aljughaiman, Abdullah Abdulmohsen ^b   Almulla, Abdulrhaman Khaled ^b   Abdelhai, Rehab Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Colorectal cancer; Public awareness; Risk factors; Screening programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER STAGING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84973131547     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.4.1837     Document Type: Article

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