Influential factors in Black and White breast cancer survivors' beliefs about breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Breast cancer beliefs are widely studied to improve preventative screening behaviors in women without cancer; however, limited research has examined breast cancer beliefs among breast cancer survivors. To fill this gap in research we investigated racial differences and the predicting role of influential factors (e.g., stage) in survivors' beliefs about their breast cancer.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of data from the Narrowing Gap in Adjuvant Therapy Study (2006-2011), where Black (N = 210) and White women (N = 149) were interviewed within 20 weeks following their breast cancer diagnosis and primary surgery in Washington DC and Detroit, MI. Outcomes of this analysis were perceived susceptibility to a breast cancer recurrence and perceived severity of b

SUBMITTER: Edmonds MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818015 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature