Health system barriers and enablers to early access to breast cancer screening, detection, and diagnosis: a global analysis applied to the MENA region

D Bowser, H Marqusee, M El Koussa, R Atun - Public health, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify barriers and enablers that impact access to early screening, detection,
and diagnosis of breast cancer both globally and more specifically in the Middle East and …

Anticipatory anxiety and participation in cancer screening. A systematic review

B Goodwin, L Anderson, K Collins, S Sanjida… - Psycho …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To synthesize current evidence on the association between anticipatory anxiety,
defined as apprehension‐specific negative affect that may be experienced when exposed to …

Association between cancer risk perception and screening behavior among diverse women

SE Kim, EJ Pérez-Stable, S Wong… - Archives of internal …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Background We measured the perception of breast, cervical, and colon cancer risks and
screening in diverse women to examine the association between risk perception and …

Distress among women receiving uninformative BRCA1/2 results: 12‐month outcomes

SC O'Neill, C Rini, RE Goldsmith… - … Oncology: Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Few data are available regarding the long‐term psychological impact of
uninformative BRCA1/2 test results. This study examines change in distress from pretesting …

Cohort profile: the breast cancer prospective family study cohort (ProF-SC)

MB Terry, KA Phillips, MB Daly, EM John… - International journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
For breast cancer, like most other common diseases, having a family history of the disease is
associated with an increased risk. There is large heterogeneity in absolute and relative …

Breast cancer screening awareness and practices among women attending primary health care centers in the Ghail Bawazir District of Yemen

A Bawazir, N Bashateh, H Jradi, AB Breik - Clinical breast cancer, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Women with from breast cancer often present to health care facilities with an
advanced stage of disease. This study assessed the breast cancer screening awareness …

Patient compliance based on genetic medicine: a literature review

KI Schneider, J Schmidtke - Journal of community genetics, 2014 - Springer
For this literature review, medical literature data bases were searched for studies on patient
compliance after genetic risk assessment. The review focused on conditions where …

Factors influencing participation in breast cancer screening

L Edgar, M Glackin, C Hughes… - British Journal of …, 2013 - magonlinelibrary.com
Despite the efficacy of mammography and the widespread promotion of screening
programmes, a significant number of eligible women still do not attend for regular breast …

Predictors of breast cancer screening behavior in women with a strong family history of the disease

MA Price, PN Butow, M Charles, T Bullen… - Breast cancer research …, 2010 - Springer
This study applied the self-regulation model to examine cognitive and emotional predictors
of screening in unaffected women with a strong family history of breast cancer. 748 …

Risk‐reducing surgery, screening and chemoprevention practices of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a prospective cohort study

KA Phillips, MA Jenkins, GJ Lindeman… - Clinical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This study prospectively evaluated the utilization of cancer risk management strategies in a
multi‐institutional cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers using a self‐report …