Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer?
Having a family history of breast cancer does not appear to have much impact on the health-seeking behavior of women. Even though there were more screen detected cancers, these comprised only 10% of the group with family history. Public education should target women at risk ie with family history to...
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| author | Yip, Cheng Har Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah Lau, Peng Choong |
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| description | Having a family history of breast cancer does not appear to have much impact on the health-seeking behavior of women. Even though there were more screen detected cancers, these comprised only 10% of the group with family history. Public education should target women at risk ie with family history to encourage these women to present earlier and to undergo screening for breast cancer. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-9912018-10-18T04:06:18Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/991/ Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? Yip, Cheng Har Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah Lau, Peng Choong RD Surgery Having a family history of breast cancer does not appear to have much impact on the health-seeking behavior of women. Even though there were more screen detected cancers, these comprised only 10% of the group with family history. Public education should target women at risk ie with family history to encourage these women to present earlier and to undergo screening for breast cancer. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2008 Article PeerReviewed Yip, Cheng Har and Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah and Lau, Peng Choong (2008) Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9 (1). pp. 63-65. ISSN 1513-7368, DOI PMID: 18439076. http://journal.waocp.org/article_24697_f9ddc54c34abd54c0f4ee0e37614700e.pdf PMID: 18439076 |
| spellingShingle | RD Surgery Yip, Cheng Har Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah Lau, Peng Choong Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title | Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title_full | Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title_fullStr | Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title_short | Does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer? |
| title_sort | does a positive family history influence the presentation of breast cancer |
| topic | RD Surgery |
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