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Is a Family History of the Breast Cancer Related to Women's Cancer Prevention Behaviors?
Bertoni, Neilane; de Souza, Mirian Carvalho; Crocamo, Susanne; Szklo, Moyses; de Almeida, Liz Maria.
Afiliação
  • Bertoni N; Division of Epidemiology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua Marquês de Pombal 125/7° andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-240, Brazil. neilane.bertoni@inca.gov.br.
  • de Souza MC; Division of Epidemiology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua Marquês de Pombal 125/7° andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-240, Brazil.
  • Crocamo S; Division of Clinical Research, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Szklo M; Division of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHU), Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • de Almeida LM; Division of Epidemiology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rua Marquês de Pombal 125/7° andar, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20230-240, Brazil.
Int J Behav Med ; 26(1): 85-90, 2019 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30088188
Families share behavioral risk factors that can increase the risk of cancer development. We examined whether having a positive family breast cancer history is associated with health behaviors/screening practices. Analyses were based on a cross-sectional sample of 545 Brazilian National Cancer Institute Hospital patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in 2013/2014. Women were categorized according to their breast cancer family history. Age-adjusted Poisson regressions with robust variance were performed to estimate the association between breast cancer family history and selected health-related behaviors and screening practices. About one fourth of women reported a positive family history of breast cancer. Contrary to expectation, we found that women with a family history of breast cancer did not report healthier behaviors more often than those without a family history. However, those with a family history were more likely to report a mammographic exam prior to the mammographic diagnosis. Our study suggests that having a family history of cancer is not sufficient to change women's behaviors about physical activity, weight control and diet, smoking, and drinking, but it seems to influence their breast cancer screening behavior. Our results suggest the need to increase women's information and/or understanding that healthier lifestyles contribute to cancer prevention.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias da Mama / Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde / Programas de Rastreamento Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Neoplasias da Mama / Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde / Programas de Rastreamento Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article