Spousal perceptions and their role in promoting breast cancer screening: a focus group study.

Objectives: To explore husbands' views on breast cancer screening, risk-based screening and their role in influencing their wives' health-seeking behaviours.

Design: Qualitative focus group discussion (FGD) supplemented by quantitative data from a cohort study using a structured questionnaire.

Setting: This study was conducted in a community-based setting, with participants recruited online through non-profit organisations via social media and email.

How Asian Breast Cancer Patients Experience Unequal Incidence of Chemotherapy Side Effects: A Look at Ethnic Disparities in Febrile Neutropenia Rates.

The majority of published findings on chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) are restricted to three ethnic groups: Asians, Caucasians, and African Americans. In this two-part study, we examined FN incidence and risk factors in Chinese, Malay, and Indian chemotherapy-treated breast cancer (BC) patients. Hospital records or ICD codes were used to identify patients with FN.

-A Focus Group and Survey Study on Women's Attitudes towards Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening and Personalised Risk Assessments.

Singapore launched a population-based organised mammography screening (MAM) programme in 2002. However, uptake is low. A better understanding of breast cancer (BC) risk factors has generated interest in shifting from a one-size-fits-all to a risk-based screening approach.

Breast Cancer in Asia: Incidence, Mortality, Early Detection, Mammography Programs, and Risk-Based Screening Initiatives.

Close to half (45.4%) of the 2.3 million breast cancers (BC) diagnosed in 2020 were from Asia.

Mammography screening is associated with more favourable breast cancer tumour characteristics and better overall survival: case-only analysis of 3739 Asian breast cancer patients.

Background: Early detection of breast cancer (BC) through mammography screening (MAM) is known to reduce mortality. We examined the differential effect that mammography has on BC characteristics and overall survival and the sociodemographic determinants of MAM utilization in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Methods: This study included 3739 BC patients from the Singapore Breast Cancer Cohort (2010-2018).

Associations between Pre-Diagnostic Physical Activity with Breast Cancer Characteristics and Survival.

Physical activity (PA) is known to reduce breast cancer (BC) risk and improve patient prognosis. However, the association between pre-diagnostic PA and the aggressiveness of BC is unclear. We investigated the associations between PA, BC tumour characteristics, and survival.

Breast cancer risk stratification for mammographic screening: A nation-wide screening cohort of 24,431 women in Singapore.

Background: Breast cancer incidence is increasing in Asia. However, few women in Singapore attend routine mammography screening. We aim to identify women at high risk of breast cancer who will benefit most from regular screening using the Gail model and information from their first screen (recall status and mammographic density).