Knowledge of symptoms and risk factors of breast cancer among women: a community based study in a low socio-economic area of Mumbai, India

• Main Authors: Ranjan Kumar Prusty (Author), Shahina Begum (Author), Anushree Patil (Author), D. D. Naik (Author), Sharmila Pimple (Author), Gauravi Mishra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Breast cancer (BC) is leading cancer among women in India accounting for 27% of all cancers among women. Factors that make the policymakers and public health system worried are rising incidence of breast cancer in India and more importantly high death rates among breast cancer pa...