Symptom Disclosure Process Among Iranian Women With Self-discovered Breast Cancer

Conclusion Perceived threat is the main motivator for rapid disclosure in Iranian women with potential breast cancer symptoms and leads to a better follow-up of the symptoms. Therefore, increasing women's awareness about breast cancer symptoms, treatments, and non–follow-up consequences leads to a better perception of the threat level. Implications for Practice According to these findings, it is very important to increase Iranian women's awareness about the symptoms of breast cancer (especially the nonspecific ones). For this purpose, it is necessary to design educational interventions.
Source: Cancer Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research