RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 19-25

KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BREAST CANCER, MAMMOGRAPHY AND BREAST SELF EXAMINATION IN WOMEN WHO APPLIED TO OUTPATIENT CLINICS: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE CITY CENTER

Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş
ABSTRACT
Objective: We planned this study to evaluate the level of knowledge about breast cancer and diagnostic methods in women at 18-65 years of age who applied to a training and research hospital in a city center for an ordinary health problem.

Material and Method: A questionnaire consisting of 40 questions regarding sociodemographic features, risk factors for breast cancer, symptoms and diagnostic methods of breast cancer were applied to 511 women between November and December 2006.

Results: According to this study, 47% of the women explained that they have a general knowledge of breast cancer. Women with high mean points of knowledge were performing breast self examination and had knowledge about mammography. Their main source of information about these methods was health personnel. The women with high knowledge points were visiting a doctor at least once a year. The rate of never visiting a doctor was 37.4%. In the group, 40% had no knowledge about breast examination, and 37.9% have no knowledge about mammography.

Conclusion: The knowledge about breast cancer, breast self examination and mammography is low among women who applied to outpatient clinics. The health personnel was found as the most reliable source of mammography and breast cancer. The health personnel together with educational societies should perform training and screening program to make women conscious of early diagnosis and methods of examination for breast cancer.

TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS

05-08

Oğuz Karabay, Aziz Öğütlü, Bahri Teker

REVIEW Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 05-08

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI GENOTYPE IN NATURAL AND DRINKING WATERS OF ISPARTA AND ITS SURROUNDINGS WITH GASTRIC MUCOSA OF H. PYLORI INFECTED PATIENTS

09-14

Fatma Yeşim Ekinci, Aytül Sofu, Hidayet Sağlam, Onur Çakır, Mehmet Salih Arıkan, İbrahim Goren, Mehmet İşler, Ali Kudret Adiloğlu

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 09-14

AETIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN CHILDHOOD.

15-18

Haluk Erdoğan, Hande Arslan

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 15-18

KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BREAST CANCER, MAMMOGRAPHY AND BREAST SELF EXAMINATION IN WOMEN WHO APPLIED TO OUTPATIENT CLINICS: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE CITY CENTER

19-25

Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 19-25

ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF EITHER SIMULTANEOUS OR STAGED BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY AT YEAR ONE

26-29

Murat Bülbül, Semih Ayanoğlu, Yunus İmren, Semih Dedeoğlu, Cem Zeki Esenyel, Hakan Gürbüz

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 26-29

CHARACTERISTICS OF TURKISH PATIENTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME

30-33

Taha T. Bekci, Güler Karaağaç, Yalçın Karakoca

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 30-33

PREVALANCE, RISK FACTORS ANDEFFECTS ON LIFE QUALITY OF URINARY INCONTINENCE AMONG 18 YEARS OR OLDER WOMEN LIVING IN ALPU DISTRICT OF ESKISEHIR: A POPULATION BASED STUDY

34-39

Burhanettin Işıklı, Aydın Yenilmez, Cemalettin Kalyoncu

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 34-39

COMPARISON OF ANTINOCICEPTIVE EFFECTS OF ANALGESICS IN A CHEMICAL MODEL OF VISCERAL PAIN IN MICE

40-44

Osman Ekinci, Tuba Pelit, Fethi Gül, Dilek Subaşı, Neşe Aydın, Berna Terzioğlu, Zafer Gören.

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 40-44

OUTCOMES OF ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY IN CUSHING’S DISEASE

45-49

İlkay Kartal, Ayşe Kubat Üzüm, Meral Mert, Gonca Tamer, Neşe Özbey, Ferihan Aral

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 45-49

THE PERCENTAGE OF T-LYMPHOCYTE AND NKT CELLS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE AND INACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

50-54

H. Handan Akbulut, İlhami Çelik, Figen Deveci, Ayhan Akbulut

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 50-54

THE RELATION BETWEEN FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENING MARKERS AND MATERNAL FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN B12 LEVELS

55-60

Hakan Aytan, Ahmet Cantuğ Çalışkan, Fazlı Demirtürk, Tülay Aysal, Yeliz Hısım

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 55-60

COMPARISON OF SELECTIVE SPINAL ANESTHESIA AND LOCAL INFILTRATION ANESTHESIA UNDER MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE TECHNIQUES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANORECTAL DAY SURGERY

61-66

Ateş Duman, Seza Apilioğulları, Ahmet Tekin, Said Bodur

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 61-66

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREGNANCY REHABILITATION: EFFECTS ON LOW BACK PAIN AND CALF CRAMPS DURING PREGNANCY AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME

67-74

Esra Arıkan Beyaz, Emel Özcan, Ayşegül Ketenci, Mehmet Murat Beyaz

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 67-74

THE RELATION OF FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT AND AMBULATION WITH BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE

75-80

Sadiye Murat, Ferda Özdemir, Derya Demirbağ Kabayel, Meliha Kasapoğlu, Siranus Kokino, Sakir Berkarda

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 75-80

THE IMPACT OF THE EDUCATION DURATION OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENTS ON ACCURACY OF SCREENING TESTS RELATED TO DIFFICULT INTUBATION

81-87

Tuğhan Utku, Fatiş Altındaş, Yusuf Tunalı, Suphi Vehid, Mustafa Şenocak, Mois Bahar

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 81-87

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF ACETAMINOPHEN AT DIFFERENT DOSES ON HEPATIC NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ENZYME BY USING IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL METHODS

88-95

Ahmet Koçak, Alpaslan Gökçimen, Nigar Yılmaz, Hüseyin Vural

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 88-95

SOME HYGIENE BEHAVIOURS AND GENITAL INFECTION COMPLAINTS AMONG 15-49 AGED WOMEN IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF ISTANBUL

96-100

A. Emel Önal, Nazan Önoğlu, Asya Banu Babaoğlu, Celal Özer, Günay Güngör

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 96-100

A MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR LOCATED IN MESENTERIUM

101-102

Ülkü Tıraş, Serdar Kuru, Özlem Doğru, Ayşe Dursun, Yıldız Dallar, Salih Celepli, Bülent Kılıçoğlu

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 101-102

ASSOCIATION OF PULMONARY HEMOSIDEROSIS AND CELIAC DISEASE

103-105

Murat Doğan, Mehmet Selçuk Bektaş, Şekibe Zehra Doğan, Fesih Aktar, Yaşar Cesur

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 103-105

POST-TRAUMATIC SYRINGOMYELIA AND NEUROGENIC BLADDER

106-109

Aslı Özmaden, Figen Köymen Yılmaz, Nurdan Kotevoğlu, Banu Kuran

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 106-109

TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY

110-113

Sevgi Kalayoğlu-Beşışık, Gonca Karahan, Gülyüz Öztürk, Fatih Tufan, Fatma Oğuz, Deniz Sargın

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 110-113

ASSOCIATION OF SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS AND IGA NEPHROPATHY

114-116

Caner Şahin

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 114-116

TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE NASAL ENCEPHALOCELE CAUSING RESPIRATORY DISTRESS

117-120

İbrahim Çukurova, Murat Gümüşsoy, Bengü Günay Yardım, Tuna İmamoğlu, O. Gazi Yiğitbaşı

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 117-120

A CASE OF GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR PRESENTING AS A TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS

121-123

A. Cem İyibozkurt, Oğuzhan Kuru, İbrahim Kalelioğlu, Serhat Şen, Abdullah Turfanda

REPORT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 121-123

PROF. DR. MUZAFFER AKSOY

124-128

Sibel Cevizci, Timur Koloğlu

A PORTRAIT Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 124-128

LIVER AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

05-09

Sebati Özdemir

REVIEW Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 5-9

AGING KIDNEY: SENESCENCE OR DISEASE?

10-14

Meltem Gürsu, Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu, Savaş Öztürk

REVIEW Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 10-14

IMPORTANCE OF HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN (HOLOTC) MEASUREMENTS IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY, ESPECIALLY IN PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE VITAMIN B12 CONCENTRATIONS

15-20

Faruk Sönmezışık, Esma Sürmen Gür, Burak Asıltaş

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 15-20

EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL GROWTH IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER

21-25

Celalettin Koşan, Oğuzhan Sepetçigil, Atilla Çayır, Avni Kaya, Behzat Özkan

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 21-25

COMPARISON OF RISK INDEXES USED IN DETERMINING THE POSTOPERATIVE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY RISK

26-31

Gülsüm Kavalcı, Cavidan Arar, Alkın Çolak, Nesrin Turan, Cemil Kavalcı

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 26-31

THE EVALUATION OF PRENATAL AND ENVIROMENTAL RISK FACTORS IN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA, ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA ABSTRACT

32-37

Mehmet İbrahim Turan, Müferet Ergüven, Mehmet Özdemir

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 32-37

REOPERATIONS AND MORBIDITY IN THYROID SURGERY

38-42

Serkan Teksöz, Murat Özcan, Aytül Sargan, Yusuf Bukey, Recep Özgültekin, Ateş Özyeğin

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 38-42

EFFECTS OF RAMADAN FASTING ON BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL, LIPID PROFILE, BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, RENAL FUNCTIONS AND ELECTROLYTE LEVELS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS TAKING COMBINATION THERAPY

43-46

İbrahim Faruk Aktürk, İsmail Bıyık, Cüneyt Koşaş, Ahmet Arif Yalçın, Mehmet Ertürk, Fatih Uzun

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 43-46

MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE OUTBREAK CAUSED BY NOROVIRUS AND CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI OCCURRED IN A RURAL AREA IN TURKEY

47-51

İbak Gönen

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 47-51

FREQUENT CD99 AND FLI-1 EXPRESSIONS IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH PROLIFERATIVE AND APOPTOTIC RATES

52-56

Ufuk Berber, İsmail Yılmaz, Tolga Tuncel, Zafer Küçükodacı Aptullah Haholu

RESEARCH ARTICLE Nobel Med 2013; 9(2): 52-56
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    Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş. [POLİKLİNİĞE BAŞVURAN KADINLARIN MEME KANSERİ, MEME MUAYENESİ VE MAMOGRAFİ HAKKINDA BİLGİ DÜZEYİ: İL MERKEZİNDE YAPILAN BİR ÇALIŞMA]. Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 19-25, Turkish.
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    Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş. [POLİKLİNİĞE BAŞVURAN KADINLARIN MEME KANSERİ, MEME MUAYENESİ VE MAMOGRAFİ HAKKINDA BİLGİ DÜZEYİ: İL MERKEZİNDE YAPILAN BİR ÇALIŞMA]. www.nobelmedicus.com/en/Article.aspx?m=1716 [Access: Mayıs 24, 2021], Turkish.
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    Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş. [POLİKLİNİĞE BAŞVURAN KADINLARIN MEME KANSERİ, MEME MUAYENESİ VE MAMOGRAFİ HAKKINDA BİLGİ DÜZEYİ: İL MERKEZİNDE YAPILAN BİR ÇALIŞMA]. Nobel Med 2011; 7(2): 19-25, Turkish.
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    Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş. [POLİKLİNİĞE BAŞVURAN KADINLARIN MEME KANSERİ, MEME MUAYENESİ VE MAMOGRAFİ HAKKINDA BİLGİ DÜZEYİ: İL MERKEZİNDE YAPILAN BİR ÇALIŞMA]. Nobel Med (2011); 7(2): 19-25, [cited Mayıs 24, 2021], Turkish.
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    Olcay Koçyiğit, Serap Erel, Kemal Kısmet, Bülent Kılıçoğlu, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoğlu, Mehmet Ali Akkuş. (2011) [POLİKLİNİĞE BAŞVURAN KADINLARIN MEME KANSERİ, MEME MUAYENESİ VE MAMOGRAFİ HAKKINDA BİLGİ DÜZEYİ: İL MERKEZİNDE YAPILAN BİR ÇALIŞMA]. Nobel Med, 7(2): 19-25, Turkish.