Awareness and practice of breast self examination among women in different African countries: A 10-year review of literature

OE Johnson - Nigerian Medical Journal, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Breast self examination (BSE) is an important screening technique in detecting breast
abnormalities. This procedure enables women become familiar with their breasts, thus …

[PDF][PDF] Knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self examination among female secondary school teachers in Ilorin, Nigeria

FO Kayode, TM Akande… - European journal of …, 2005 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives: Screening for early detection and diagnosis of diseases
and health conditions is an important public health principle. Breast Self Examination (BSE) …

[PDF][PDF] Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among female traders in Ibadan, Nigeria

MO Balogun, ET Owoaje - Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine, 2005 - ajol.info
Cancers in all forms are responsible for about 12 per cent of deaths throughout the world [1],
globally breast cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm among women [2, 3]. Breast …

Knowledge and practice of self-breast examination among female undergraduate students in a northern Nigeria university

MN Sambo, SH Idris, IL Dahiru, AA Gobir - Journal of Medicine and …, 2013 - ajol.info
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death amongwomen and the commonest
female malignancy world-wide. If detected early, it is often successfully treated but when …

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Self Examination among Female Students of a Tertiary Institution in Sokoto, North-West Nigeria.

H Adamu, K Shuaibu, AN Adamu - 2016 - pesquisa.bvsalud.org
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Early detection
and prompt treatment offers the greatest chance of survival. We described the knowledge …

Breast self-examination awareness and practices in young women in developing countries: A survey of female students in Karachi, Pakistan

A Ahmed, I Zahid, ZFR Ladiwala… - Journal of education …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is a leading cause of deaths worldwide. In Pakistan, one in
every nine women develops breast cancer some time in her life. This high incidence of …

[PDF][PDF] Knowledge, practice and associated factors of breast self examination among female students of the College of Public Health and Medical Science, Jimma …

F Desta, A Workicho, A Atomsa, D Workneh… - Am J Health …, 2018 - academia.edu
Back ground: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in many parts of the
world. Facilities for screening and early detection are extremely limited in resource limited …

Knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self examination in female health workers in Olabisi Onabanjo university teaching hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria

AOJ Agboola, AM Deji-Agboola… - IIUM Medical …, 2009 - journals.iium.edu.my
Background: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in women worldwide.
This study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among female undergraduates in south-eastern Nigeria

ECI Casmir, NE Anyalewechi, ISN Onyeka, ACO Agwu… - Health, 2015 - scirp.org
Breast disease often presents as palpable masses (lumps), inflammatory lesions, nipple
secretion, or mammography abnormalities; and this can be easily treated when discovered …

Female university students' knowledge and practice of breast self-examination in Turkey

G Koc, H Gulen-Savas, S Ergol… - Nigerian journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Breast cancer keeps its importance as an important health problem in
developing countries like Turkey. Therefore, breast cancer screening and early diagnosis …