2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.10.007
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Understanding why women delay in seeking help for breast cancer symptoms

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“…They often attributed abnormal changes to breast cancer. Several studies have shown prompt help-seeking in patients who attribute their symptoms to cancer (Burgess et al, 2001;Bish et al, 2005;Smith et al, 2005;UngerSaldana and Infante-Castaneda, 2011). In contrast patients who delayed seeking help and endured symptoms required an essential catalyst to stimulate action.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They often attributed abnormal changes to breast cancer. Several studies have shown prompt help-seeking in patients who attribute their symptoms to cancer (Burgess et al, 2001;Bish et al, 2005;Smith et al, 2005;UngerSaldana and Infante-Castaneda, 2011). In contrast patients who delayed seeking help and endured symptoms required an essential catalyst to stimulate action.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some studies have reported that the patient's own medical knowledge is the main source of symptom evaluation at early breast cancer stages (Lannin et al, 1998). Patients with higher education levels generally have more medical knowledge, resulting in earlier presentation and thus a shorter delay before treatment (Bish et al, 2005).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, regarding the surgical option, occupation groups with the greatest stress levels were more likely to choose radical mastectomy and less likely to choose breast-conserving surgery. This may be because patients with low-income and high-stress occupations delay in presenting at clinic and are therefore more likely to present with advanced stages of breast tumors (Grunfeld et al, 2002;Bish et al, 2005), thus losing the opportunity for sentinel lymph node biopsy and breast-conserving surgery. In contrast, patients in higher income occupations are more likely to accept new concepts and technologies, thus leading to their increased acceptance of sentinel lymph node biopsy and breast-conserving surgery (Gilligan et al, 2002;Keating et al, 2003).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Chore starsze i o niższym statusie społeczno-ekonomicznym mają skłon-ność do odsuwania terminu porady lekarskiej [5,17,18], natomiast wiedza na temat najbardziej typowych objawów choroby sprzyja wcześniejszemu zgłoszeniu do lekarza [10]. Niebagatelną rolę w podejmowaniu decyzji o rozpoczęciu leczenia ma nastawienie chorych, gdzie lęk przed nowotworem może być, zależnie od stopnia jego nasilenia, czynnikiem motywującym lub opóźniającym proces diagnostyczno-terapeutyczny [15,19].…”
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