|
Have you heard about breast cancer in Iran?
| | |
|
Yes
|
894
|
64
|
|
No
|
508
|
36
|
|
What do you think about breast cancer in Iran
| | |
|
It is a rare disease among women
|
200
|
14
|
|
It is relatively a common disease among women
|
851
|
61
|
|
I don't know
|
351
|
25
|
|
Breast cancer symptoms
| | |
|
Painless mass
|
618
|
44
|
|
Painful mass
|
183
|
13
|
|
Nipple retraction
|
72
|
5
|
|
Breast pain
|
223
|
16
|
|
Breast discharge
|
81
|
6
|
|
Bloody discharge
|
118
|
8
|
|
Breast asymmetry
|
20
|
2
|
|
Don't know
|
87
|
6
|
|
Knowledge about screening programs*
| | |
|
Heard of BSE
|
505
|
31
|
|
Heard of clinical examination
|
337
|
21
|
|
Heard of mammography
|
144
|
9
|
|
Knew nothing
|
626
|
39
|
|
Source of information*
| | |
|
Radio
|
199
|
14
|
|
Television
|
487
|
34
|
|
Printed materials
|
191
|
13
|
|
Friends
|
284
|
20
|
|
Others (physicians, family, etc.)
|
271
|
19
|
|
Frequency of self-reported BSE
| | |
|
Regularly (monthly)
|
238
|
17
|
|
Occasionally
|
282
|
20
|
|
Never
|
882
|
63
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