“I don’t know what I’m feeling for”: young women’s beliefs about breast cancer risk and experiences of breast awareness

Abstract Background Younger women are often diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Beliefs about risk are instrumental in motivating many health protective behaviours, but there may be confusion around which behaviour is appropriate to detect breast cancer earlier. Breast awareness, defined as an un...

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Main Authors: Sarah Hindmarch, Louise Gorman, Rhiannon E. Hawkes, Sacha J. Howell, David P. French
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02441-w