Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and practice of breast self examination among high school students in Turkey

Karayurt, Ozgul; Ozmen, Dilek; ÇETİNKAYA, AYNUR

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-359

Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and practice of breast self examination among high school students in Turkey

Karayurt O., Ozmen D., ÇETİNKAYA A.

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.8, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-359
Dergi Adı: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Young breast cancer patients have a lower rate of survival than old breast cancer patients due to being diagnosed at advanced stages. Breast self-examination makes women more "breast aware", which in turn may lead to an earlier diagnosis of breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge and practice of breast self-examination and to determine knowledge of risk factors for breast cancer among high school students.