Patient delay in women presenting with advanced breast cancer: an Iranian study

Harirchi, Iraj; Ghaemmaghami, Fatemeh; Karbakhsh, Mojgan; Moghimi, Roya; Mazaherie, H.

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2004.11.005

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“…In our study, the proportion of delayers (33.1%) was lower than the figure from the meta analysis mentioned above, but slightly higher than 25% reported in Iran (Montazeri et al, 2003), and 21.2% in New Zealand (Meechan et al, 2003). Another Iranian study (Harirchi et al, 2005) and a South Indian study (Ali et al, 2008) reported even higher prevalences of 42.5% and 42.0% respectively.…”

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confidence: 71%

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Non-Practice of Breast Self Examination and Marital Status are Associated with Delayed Presentation with Breast Cancer

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“…Other studies have found a similar pattern (Ali et al, 2008;Gulatte, 2009). However, one study (Harirchi et al, 2005) reported the reverse. As suggested by Ali et al (2005) an explanation for this may be that married women have the advantage of having household, economic and emotional support from their husbands.…”

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confidence: 99%

Non-Practice of Breast Self Examination and Marital Status are Associated with Delayed Presentation with Breast Cancer

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et al. 2013

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…The above order differs from that of previous similar studies performed in Iran, where stomach cancer ranked the first national cause of YLL, and lung cancer ranked the third provincial and the fourth national cause (Naghavi et al, 2009 cancer, diagnosis at the advanced stages of the disease (Harirchi et al, 2005;Miller et al, 2015), and a survival rate of 5years in 70% of cases (Fallahzadeh et al, 2014) have led to higher YLL due to premature death from breast cancer in Yazdi women. Given resource constraints, therefore, the disease can be detected at early stages through training self-examination and screening by trained general physicians (Hassan et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 59%

Expected Years of Life Lost Due to Adult Cancer Mortality in Yazd (2004-2010)

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Despite achievements in controlling and preventing infectious diseases in recent decades, the incidence of chronic diseases, especially cancer, follows an increasing trend due to aging of populations, changes in lifestyle, increased smoking, immobility, and poor diet, which will double the burden of the disease (Etemadi et al., 2008;Thun et al., 2010;Keyghobadi et al., 2015;Zahedi et al., 2015). Therefore, studies on the incidence of cancer and cancer-induced mortalities in different geographical areas with different cultures can help in identification of factors affecting the incidence of cancer.A total of 14.9 million new cases and 8.2 million deaths from cancer occurred in 2013, and 196.3 million Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) of people's life was lost. Developing countries contribute to 62% of cancer-induced mortalities and 70% of years of life lost (YLL) (Lozano et al., 2012;Fitzmaurice et al., 2015). Cancer is the second and the third cause of death in developed countries and the world, respectively. Despite improved preventive measures and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, it has rised by more AbstractThe number of deaths is often measured to monitor the population health status and priority of health problems. However, number of years of life lost (YLL) is a more appropriate indicator in some cases. We have calculated the YLL of adult cancers and its trend over the past few years in Yazd to provide planners with baseline data. Data obtained from death registration system were used to calculate the YLL, based on each individual's age at death, and the standardized expected YLL method was applied with a discount rate of 0.03, an age weight of 0.04, and a correction factor of 0.165. All data were analyzed and prepared in Epi6 and Excel 2007. A total of 3,850 death records were analyzed. Some 550 patients in Yazd province aged ≥20 die annually due to cancer (male: female ratio 1.3). The average ages at death in lung, CNS, breast cancer and leukemia cases were 68.5, 59, 58.7 and 61, respectively. The age group of 40-59 with 21 % had the highest cancer mortality percentage. Premature cancer deaths have caused 40,753 YLL (5,823 YLL annually). Females lose on average more life years to cancer than do men (11.6 vs 9.8 years). Lung cancer (12.1%), CNS tumors (11.7%) and leukemia (11.4 %) were the leading causes terms of YLL due to all cancers in both sexes. From 2004 to 2010, cancer-caused YLL as a fraction of all YLL increased from 12.8 to 15.2 %. This study can help in the assessment of health care needs and prioritization. Cancer is the major cause of deaths and the trend is increasing. The use of YLLs is a better index for measurement of premature mortality for ranking of diseases than is death counts. Longer periods of observation will make these trends more robust and will help to evaluate and develop, better public health interventions.

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“…Iranian patients with B.C are about 10 years younger than that of their counterparts in developed countries (Ghiasvand et al, 2011). Furthermore, most of the patients (70%) have local recurrence or distant metastases at the time of diagnosis (Harirchi et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results of two studies showed that 25% (Montazeri et al, 2003) to 42.5% (Harirchi et al, 2005) of Iranian women do not seek medical help until three months or more after initial detection of breast symptoms. Delayed presentation is accompanied with late stage of disease, high mortality (Montazeri et al, 2003) and lower survival (Babu et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%