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| Title |
Breast Self-Examination and breast cancer awareness in women in developing countries: a survey of women in Buea, Cameroon
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-627 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mary Atanga Bi Suh, Julius Atashili, Eunice Asoh Fuh, Vivian Ayamba Eta |
| Abstract |
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Cameroon, breast cancer causes as many as 10.7 deaths per 100,000 women making it the second cause of cancer mortality. Better documenting women's knowledge and practices on breast cancer and breast self-exam (BSE) would be useful in the design of interventions aimed at preventing breast cancer. This study sought to 1. describe Cameroonian women's knowledge of breast self-examination (BSE); 2. assess their impression on the practice of BSE and 3. describe their perceptions on the causes, risk factors and prevention of breast cancer. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 281 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 276 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 64 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 7% |
| Researcher | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 40 | 14% |
| Unknown | 83 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 78 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 56 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 5% |
| Psychology | 7 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 32 | 11% |
| Unknown | 88 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2019.
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#15,256,044
of 22,685,926 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#2,310
of 4,253 outputs
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#114,578
of 182,177 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#48
of 73 outputs
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