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Cancer screening fear is fueled by lack of information says review covering nearly 6,000 women
June 25th, 2009
Fear plays a major role in whether women decide to go for cancer screening or not, but healthcare providers underestimate how much women need to know and wrongly assume that they will ask for information if they want it. Those are the two key findings from a study published in the June issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. US researchers Dr Kelly Ackerson and Dr Stephanie Preston reviewed 19 studies that between them explored the attitudes of 5,991 women to breast and cervical cancer screening. The studies, which covered the period 1994 to 2008, included women of all ages, from 14 year-old teenagers to women in their eighties. ...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-25)
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