Knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among breast cancer patients in Damascus, Syria

• Main Authors: Mohammed Alshafie (Author), Jameel Soqia (Author), Dima Alhomsi (Author), Mhd Basheer Alameer (Author), Laila Yakoub - Agha (Author), Maher Saifo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Breast cancer (BC) represents an important cause of cancer death, its incidence rate has been rising gradually in the Arab world, and in Syria, BC is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death; its prognosis gets better as we detect it early in its first stages....