Predictors of breast cancer screening in Asian and Latina University students.
Preventative screening in the form of clinical breast examinations remains among the best protections against breast cancer. Despite the benefits that regular examinations confer, many women fail to obtain screening tests. Because ethnic minority women are particularly unlikely to undergo regular screening, and experience increased mortality and morbidity as...

Developing a culturally responsive breast cancer screening promotion with native Hawaiian women in churches.
Breast cancer is the second most commonly detected carcinoma among women in the United States and primarily affects older, postmenopausal women (American Cancer Society, 2003). Although women of all ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds are affected by breast cancer, the disease burden falls heavily on women of color, especially those...

Breast cancer screening: women's experiences of waiting for further testing.
The numerous advantages associated with systematic breast cancer screening programs no longer need proving; however, some healthcare professionals have expressed reservations about the extent of psychological morbidity experienced by participants (Bakker, Lightfoot, Steggles, & Jackson, 1998; Brett, Bankhead, Henderson, Watson, & Austoker, 2005; Fridfinnsdottir, 1997; Lowe, Balanda, Del Mar,...

Knowledge and practice of breast cancer screening among Jordanian nurses.
Breast cancer is one of the most serious diseases affecting women in Jordan and the most common cause of cancer mortality among women (Alma'aitah, Haddad, & Umlauf, 1999). According to the latest statistics available, 300 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year and 75% of them are...

FDA advisory panel rejects breast cancer screening device.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- A device intended for use in the annual breast cancer screening of women aged 30-39 years who have no family history of the disease and a negative clinical breast examination was found not effective in a unanimous vote by the Food and Drug Administration Obstetrics and...

Breast cancer screening controversy. (Round Up: Research).
The latest study on breast cancer screening has found that screening does save lives after all. The news has been welcomed by screening advocates as an end to two years of heated controversy. Researchers from Umea University found that there was a "modest" benefit from breast screening in all...

WHO endorses screening for breast cancer.
After reviewing the original studies used by Danish investigators who sparked off the controversy, experts at WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said that although there is only a slight benefit in women under 50, mammography screening helps to cut deaths from breast cancer among women aged...

Breast cancer screening.
A number of readers have asked for Bandolier's views on the recent breast cancer screening furore, in which a metaanalysis [1] asks some pertinent questions about whether screening is justified. It is difficult to jump into a complicated area and provide all the answers, but the paper itself is...

Chinese breast health advocates campaign to save lives.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Researchers from The University of Sydney believe they have found a way to deliver life-saving messages about breast cancer prevention to the community of older Chinese women living in Sydney. RN Dr Cannas Kwok, a Cancer Institute NSW Research Fellow in the Faculty...

On breast cancer detection, directors of nursing and female residents: a study in rural long-term care.
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality in women throughout the world. Rural women have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer than do their urban counterparts. Breast cancer incidence rises sharply with age, and research on breast cancer screening for the old-old women...