First Lady Melanie Blunt, Legislative Leaders to Honor Missouri Breast Cancer Survivors, Komen's 25th Anniversary.
Komen Seeks New State Funding for Early Detection Program JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Susan G. Komen for the Cure: WHO: Missouri First Lady Melanie Blunt Secretary of State and breast cancer survivor Robin Carnahan State Senator...

Influence of socioeconomic factors on survival after breast cancer--a nationwide cohort study of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Denmark 1983-1999.
Influence of socioeconomic factors on survival after breast cancer--a nationwide cohort study of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Denmark 1983-1999 Dalton SO, Ross L, During M et al. International Journal of Cancer, 2007, 121, 2524-2531 This interesting article relates breast cancer and...

Expanded screening key to cutting colon cancer.
The continued decrease in new cases of colorectal cancer represents only a tantalizing peek at what could be achieved if more people took advantage of colon cancer screening, experts say. National surveys conclude that about half of U.S. citizens eligible for screening undergo the test each year....

Effects of a culturally sensitive education program on the breast cancer knowledge and beliefs of Hispanic women.
Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing minority in the United States (Population Resource Center, 2002). The U.S. Census Bureau (2003) estimated the Hispanic population to be 38.8 million. In 2000, the group constituted 12.6% of the total population. By 2010, the percentage is projected to rise to 15.5%, with...

Breast cancer: what nurses can do in Montana.
Montana is not immune to breast cancer concerns. In fact, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in this state. The incidence of breast cancer more than doubled between 1979 and 2003 with 800 breast cancers now diagnosed annually. Some of the increase in diagnosis may be...

Screening could reduce colorectal cancer deaths by 50%.
The continued decrease in new cases of colorectal cancer represents only a tantalizing peek at what could be achieved if more people took advantage of colon cancer screening, experts say. National surveys conclude that about half of U.S. citizens eligible for screening undergo the test each year....

Psychosocial correlates of mammography screening in older African American women.
Purpose/Objectives: To explore psychosocial correlates of older African American women's adherence to annual mammography screening, including cancer fatalism, dispositional optimism, social support, knowledge of breast cancer screening guidelines, perceptions of general health, and components of the Health Belief Model (HBM), and to examine factors associated with annual mammography screening....

Health beliefs related to breast self-examination in a sample of Turkish women.
Purpose/Objectives: To examine health beliefs and sociodemographic and breast cancer-related variables influencing breast self-examination (BSE) practice. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional. Setting: Two vocational training centers in Istanbul, Turkey. Sample: 438 women were selected using a convenience sampling method. Participants had not had breast cancer...

Determining female physicians' and nurses' practices and attitudes toward breast self-examination in Istanbul, Turkey.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Turkey (Ministry of Health, 1998). Tumors larger in diameter and the presence of axillary lymph node involvement increase mortality rates. As a result, early diagnosis and treatment can decrease mortality from breast cancer. A diagnosis in the early stage...

Breast density predicts risk of recurrence after treatment.
SAN ANTONIO -- Women who are treated for ductal carcinoma in situ are threefold more likely to develop invasive breast cancer in the other breast if their breasts are mammographically dense, Dr. E. Shelley Hwang said at a breast cancer symposium sponsored by the Cancer Therapy and Research Center....