The accuracy of breast cancer risk self-assessment does not correlate with knowledge about breast cancer and knowledge and attitudes towards primary chemoprevention

Autor: Kristina Bojanic, Sonja Vukadin, Kaja Grgic, Luka Malenica, Filip Sarcevic, Robert Smolic, Kristina Kralik, Aleksandar Včev, George Y. Wu, Martina Smolic
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 20, Iss , Pp 101229- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3355
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101229
Popis: The increase of breast cancer (BC) incidence has drawn attention to BC risk as means of reducing mortality and morbidity of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of BC risk perception, evaluate factors that affect risk perception and assess the correlation between BC risk perception and attitudes towards BC chemoprevention. A cross-sectional study included total of 258 women with average and high-risk for BC according to the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT). All data were collected by face-to-face interview by three trained 6th year medical school students using a 54-item questionnaire. Each participant’s actual BC risk was compared to a perceived risk and the accuracy of the BC risk self-assessment was determined. 72% of high-risk women underestimated their BC risk (p
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