Thursday, 28 March 2013

Call for more proactive breast cancer campaigns

Less than one-third of Arab women living in Qatar participate in breast cancer screening activities though a majority are aware of the disease, according to a study. Conducted by the Hamad Medical Corporation, University of Calgary - Qatar, and Primary Health Care, the study covered 1,063 participants. Though 90.7% of the respondents were aware of breast cancer, only 7.6% were assessed with having basic knowledge of breast cancer screening. Read more here.

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