Barriers to help-seeking for Malaysian women with symptoms of breast cancer: a mixed-methods, two-step cluster analysis

• Main Authors: Nadia Rajaram (Author), Maheswari Jaganathan (Author), Kavitha Muniandy (Author), Yamuna Rajoo (Author), Hani Zainal (Author), Norlia Rahim (Author), Nurul Ain Tajudeen (Author), Nur Hidayati Zainal (Author), Azuddin Mohd Khairy (Author), Mohamed Yusof Abdul Wahab (Author), Soo Hwang Teo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Improving help-seeking behaviour is a key component of down-staging breast cancer and improving survival, but the specific challenges faced by low-income women in an Asian setting remain poorly characterized. Here, we determined the extent of help-seeking delay among Malaysian br...