Evaluation of efficacy of self breast examination for breast: Cancer prevention: A cost effective screening tool

Sanah Baig, Tazeen Saeed Ali

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Abstract

Breast cancer is the most prevalent neoplasm among females and every year the number of associated deaths increases so that there is a dire need for implementation of cancer screening and early detection. A survey conducted by various locally organised cancer registries indicated breast cancer to be the most prevalent cancer among females and the second most common cause of cancer deaths among Pakistani women. Since Pakistani females do not generally engage in screening practices we argue that nurses and lady health workers should team up to educate women for the possible early detection of cancer using Self Breast Examination as a screening tool. In this paper, we attempt to evaluate the primary efficacy of self breast examination as an early and cost effective cancer screening measure, and to discuss the relation of community health nurses as well as the lady health workers to education of females of low income countries such as Pakistan to possibly lower the cancer burden.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)154-156
Number of pages3
JournalAsian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume7
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Keywords

  • Lady health workers
  • Pakistan
  • Screening
  • Self breast examination

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