Table 3 |
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Respondents' knowledge of breast cancer and self-reported practice of breast self-examination (n = 1402) |
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Number |
% |
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Have you heard about breast cancer in Iran? |
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Yes |
894 |
64 |
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No |
508 |
36 |
|
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What do you think about breast cancer in Iran |
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It is a rare disease among women |
200 |
14 |
|
It is relatively a common disease among women |
851 |
61 |
|
I don't know |
351 |
25 |
|
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Breast cancer symptoms |
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Painless mass |
618 |
44 |
|
Painful mass |
183 |
13 |
|
Nipple retraction |
72 |
5 |
|
Breast pain |
223 |
16 |
|
Breast discharge |
81 |
6 |
|
Bloody discharge |
118 |
8 |
|
Breast asymmetry |
20 |
2 |
|
Don't know |
87 |
6 |
|
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Knowledge about screening programs* |
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Heard of BSE |
505 |
31 |
|
Heard of clinical examination |
337 |
21 |
|
Heard of mammography |
144 |
9 |
|
Knew nothing |
626 |
39 |
|
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Source of information* |
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Radio |
199 |
14 |
|
Television |
487 |
34 |
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Printed materials |
191 |
13 |
|
Friends |
284 |
20 |
|
Others (physicians, family, etc.) |
271 |
19 |
|
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Frequency of self-reported BSE |
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Regularly (monthly) |
238 |
17 |
|
Occasionally |
282 |
20 |
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Never |
882 |
63 |
|
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* The respondent could choose more than one response category. The percentages are based on total responses and not total number of the respondents. |
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Montazeri et al. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2008 7:6 doi:10.1186/1447-056X-7-6 |
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