scholarly journals Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices of Breast Self-Examination in a City of Philippine: A Most Cost-Effective Tool for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

2016 ◽  
pp. 016-021
Author(s):  
Roy Marzo ◽  
Abdus Salam
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Self Examination

scholarly journals Breast Self-Examination Training within the Framework of Implementation the International Project Rita - "Change in the Region" for the Academic Community of Higher Education Institutions and Physical Facilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 219-222
Author(s):  
T. Odynets ◽  
◽  
Yu. Briskin ◽  
A. Skaliy ◽  
T. Skaliy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cultural Barriers ◽  
International Project ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Self Examination

Regular breast self-examination is one of the most cost-effective methods for the early preclinical detection of breast cancer in women. Despite this fact, the practice of breast self-examination in Ukraine remains low and requires development and improvement. The purpose of the study was the development of the structure and content of the breast self-examination program for the academic community of Ukraine within the framework of the international project RITA – "Changes in the region". Material and methods. To solve the set goal of the study, the methods of the theoretical level of research were used: analysis, comparison, induction, deduction, systematization and generalization of scientific and methodological literature on the problem of self-examination of the mammary glands in women. Results and discussion. The project aims to transfer the Polish experience in the early diagnosis of breast cancer among women through self-examination. Early detection of cancer significantly increases a woman's chances of successful treatment. Awareness of breast cancer risk factors and the acquisition of breast self-examination skills among teachers will provide a chance for early detection of breast cancer, reducing treatment costs and mortality from the disease. The acquisition of special knowledge by teachers on self-examination will allow disseminating useful information among female students of different courses and involving them in promoting early detection of breast cancer among the general female population. Breast cancer self-diagnosis training for 450 teachers and 500 university students from 5 regions of Ukraine, as well as the "Academic days of fighting breast cancer" will help popularize the problem of self-diagnosis among women. The project will raise women's awareness of breast cancer, create a culture of disease prevention through self-observation and self-examination, and remove existing cultural barriers to the acceptance of their body, as well as fear of pain during screening. Conclusion. Conducting educational lectures and practical exercises on the formation of breast self-examination skills within the framework of the international project RITA will contribute to raising women's awareness of breast cancer and the formation of a respectful attitude to their own health

Beliefs and behaviours of Iranian teachers toward early detection of breast cancer and breast self-examination

Public Health ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Jarvandi ◽  
A Montazeri ◽  
I Harirchi ◽  
A Kazemnejad
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Self Examination

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Breast Cancer Early Detection Among Women in a Mountainous Area in Northern Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 107327481986377
Author(s):  
Do Thi Thanh Toan ◽  
Dinh Thai Son ◽  
Le Xuan Hung ◽  
Luu Ngoc Minh ◽  
Dinh Le Mai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Clinical Breast Examination ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Cancer Early Detection ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Breast Examination ◽  
Clinical Breast ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women all over the world, also in Vietnam. In recent years, the incidence of breast cancer has been increasing in Vietnam, and most cases are diagnosed at late stages, making treatment more difficult. More and better early detection could help more women to survive. The aim of this study was to identify the current knowledge, attitude and practice about early detection of breast cancer as well as potential predictors of breast cancer screening among women aged 20 to 49 year in a mountainous commune in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, in a largely ethnic Muong population. Women aged 20 to 49 years were selected by systematic random sampling to participate in a cross sectional study in October 2017. They were interviewed with a closed questionnaire about their knowledge of breast cancer, its risk factors, and warning signs. A checklist for performance of breast self-examination was also applied. Three hundred six women agreed to participate in the study. More than half had a low level of knowledge, and were weak in attitude and practice about breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, breast ultrasound, and mamography. Among women who had practiced at least 1 screening method, 17.0% mentioned clinical breast examination, and only 13.8% reported practicing breast self-examination. Factors associated with practice included knowledge about breast cancer early detection (BCED), ethnicity, income, the BCED information approach, and the BCED screening programs approach. The finding of a very low proportion of women in the mountainous setting with good awareness and practice on early detection of breast cancer is important evidence to inform the BCED intervention program developers about where and how to target which information, especially to reach more ethnic minority women.

scholarly journals Real-Time Evaluation of Breast Self-Examination Using Computer Vision

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Mohammadi ◽  
Elmer P. Dadios ◽  
Laurence A. Gan Lim ◽  
Melvin K. Cabatuan ◽  
Raouf N. G. Naguib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Computer Vision ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Confirmatory Tests ◽  
Evaluation Algorithm ◽  
Vision Algorithm ◽  
Self Examination

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and breast self-examination (BSE) is considered as the most cost-effective approach for early breast cancer detection. The general objective of this paper is to design and develop a computer vision algorithm to evaluate the BSE performance in real-time. The first stage of the algorithm presents a method for detecting and tracking the nipples in frames while a woman performs BSE; the second stage presents a method for localizing the breast region and blocks of pixels related to palpation of the breast, and the third stage focuses on detecting the palpated blocks in the breast region. The palpated blocks are highlighted at the time of BSE performance. In a correct BSE performance, all blocks must be palpated, checked, and highlighted, respectively. If any abnormality, such as masses, is detected, then this must be reported to a doctor to confirm the presence of this abnormality and proceed to perform other confirmatory tests. The experimental results have shown that the BSE evaluation algorithm presented in this paper provides robust performance.

BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

1988 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Caseldine ◽  
C. S. Dowle ◽  
C. P. Hinton ◽  
A. R. Manhire ◽  
J. H. Todd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Self Examination

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG WOMEN WITH TEENAGE DAUGHTERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Andriani ◽  
Restuning Widiasih ◽  
Citra Windani Mambang S
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
Women's Knowledge ◽  
Women’S Knowledge

Background, the incidence of breast cancer in women increases every year worldwide including Indonesia. Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is an early detection method for detecting breast cancer that can be done by all women. However, research in Indonesia that examines women's knowledge about BSE, especially in women who have teenage daughters is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify women's knowledge about BSE, especially women with teenage daughters. Method, This study was quantitative descriptive research. The samples were selected using the total sampling technique. The number of samples was 138 women who have teenage daughters. This study was conducted in Sarijadi Village, Bandung. The research instrument was a knowledge questionnaire about BSE. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution. The results of the study, women had a moderate level of knowledge about BSE (51.4%) Women's knowledge was good in the component of purposes and benefits of the BSE (79.7%), and they had poor understanding related to identifying sources to conduct BSE to their daughters (73.2%), Conclusions and recommendation, women have good knowledge about the purposes and benefits of BSE, however they had lack of knowledge about the role of women in supporting girls to conduct BSE.  Women need information from health workers relates to their roles in conducting BSE to their daughters. Further research is needed to examine the knowledge and role of fathers in women’s health especially daughters including early detection of cancer as supporting and maintaining daughters' health in the family are parents’ responsibilities including father.  Keywords: BSE, breast cancer, health knowledge, mothers, teenage women.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Breast Self-examination and the Disease Stage in Detection Time among Patients with Breast Cancer in Yazd

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad ◽  
Masumeh Seifi ◽  
Arefe Dehghani ◽  
Saeid Kargar ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Reza Mortazavizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Disease Stage ◽  
Detection Time ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Self Examination ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: breast cancer, as the most common cancer among women, is controllable if it is diagnosed at the early stages. Breast self- examination is a simple method for early detection. One of the most important effective factors on the cancer-related mortality is the defection stage. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between breast self-examination and the disease stage with regard to the detection time among patients with breast cancer in Yazd. Method: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 159 women with breast cancer, who referred to medical centers in Yazd. Data collection tool was a questionnaire with two parts. The first part was the demographic information and the second part dealt with the patients' breast self-examination before the detection of their disease. The disease stage in the detection time was determined based on the results of the pathology test. Data were analyzed using χ2 and other description tests by SPSS. Result: A statistically signification relationship was observed between disease stage at the defection time and breast self-examination. The disease was detected earlier in individuals who reported a higher frequency of breast self-examination in comparison with those who did not. Conclusion: Breast self-examination affects the early detection of breast cancer and those who were educated had better practice. So, the results show the importance of educational programs in this regard.

scholarly journals Correlation between Breast Self-Examination Practices and Demographic Characteristics, Risk Factors and Clinical Stage of Breast Cancer among Iraqi Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (19) ◽  
pp. 3216-3220
Author(s):  
Ahmad S. A. Al-Gburi ◽  
Nada A. S. Alwan
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Family History ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
History Of ◽  
Self Examination

BACKGROUND: Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women globally. The disease can be cured with limited resources if detected early. Breast self-examination (BSE) is considered a cost-effective feasible approach for early detection of that cancer in developing countries. AIM: To determine the correlation between BSE performance and demographic characteristics, risk factors and clinical stage of BC among Iraqi patients. METHODS: This retrospective study included a total of 409 female patients diagnosed with BC at the Referral Training Center for Early Detection of Breast Cancer and the National Cancer Research Center in Baghdad. The studied variables included the age of the patient, occupation, marital and educational status, parity, history of lactation, contraceptive pill intake, family history of cancer and the clinical stage of the disease. RESULTS: Our findings revealed that the most important predictors for practicing BSE was family history of BC or any other cancers (OR = 3.87, P = 0.018) followed by being a governmental employee (OR = 1.87, P = 0.024), history of contraceptive use (OR = 1.80, P = 0.011) and the high level of education (OR = 1.73, P = 0.004). On the other hand, there was no significant correlation between the practice of BSE and the BC stage at the time of presentation. CONCLUSION: There is a relatively poor practice of BSE among Iraqi patients diagnosed with BC. It is mandatory to foster the national cancer control strategies that focus on raising the level of awareness among the community through public education as a major approach to the early detection of cancer in Iraq.

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