TY - JOUR AU - Suh, Mary Atanga Bi AU - Atashili, Julius AU - Fuh, Eunice Asoh AU - Eta, Vivian Ayamba PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/09 TI - Breast Self-Examination and breast cancer awareness in women in developing countries: a survey of women in Buea, Cameroon JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 627 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Cameroon, breast cancer causes as many as 10.7 deaths per 100,000 women making it the second cause of cancer mortality. Better documenting women’s knowledge and practices on breast cancer and breast self-exam (BSE) would be useful in the design of interventions aimed at preventing breast cancer. This study sought to 1. describe Cameroonian women’s knowledge of breast self-examination (BSE); 2. assess their impression on the practice of BSE and 3. describe their perceptions on the causes, risk factors and prevention of breast cancer. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-627 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-627 ID - Suh2012 ER -