Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2011
A promoting early presentation intervention increases breast cancer awareness in older women after 2 years: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in British journal of cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- The Impacts of Social Marketing Campaigns on Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening: Scoping Review.JMIR cancer · 2026Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Breast Cancer Awareness Measure (Breast-CAM): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2026Review
- Awareness of symptoms, anticipated barriers and delays to help-seeking among women at higher risk of breast cancer: A UK multicentre study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Breast Cancer Awareness among Female School Teachers in Saudi Arabia: A Population Based Survey.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2020Article
- Mass media and risk factors for cancer: the under-representation of age.BMC public health · 2018Article
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- Improving early diagnosis of symptomatic cancer.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2016Review
- Talking about human papillomavirus and cancer: protocol for a patient-centred study to develop scripted consultations.BMJ open · 2016Article
- The impact of eliminating age inequalities in stage at diagnosis on breast cancer survival for older women.British journal of cancer · 2015Article
- Preventing breast cancer in LMICs via screening and/or early detection: The real and the surreal.World journal of clinical oncology · 2014Review
- Risk factors for delay in symptomatic presentation: a survey of cancer patients.British journal of cancer · 2014Article
- Cancer in the elderly.Journal of cancer epidemiology · 2014Article
- Earlier diagnosis of breast cancer: focusing on symptomatic women.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2013Article
- Socio-demographic inequalities in stage of cancer diagnosis: evidence from patients with female breast, lung, colon, rectal, prostate, renal, bladder, melanoma, ovarian and endometrial cancer.Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2013Article
- Variation in advanced stage at diagnosis of lung and female breast cancer in an English region 2006-2009.British journal of cancer · 2012Article
- Promoting early presentation of breast cancer in older women: implementing an evidence-based intervention in routine clinical practice.Journal of cancer epidemiology · 2012Article
- Breast cancer awareness and barriers to symptomatic presentation among women from different ethnic groups in East London.British journal of cancer · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe have developed the Promoting Early Presentation (PEP) Intervention to equip older women with the knowledge, skills, confidence and motivation to present promptly with breast symptoms, and thereby improve survival from breast cancer. The PEP Intervention consists of a 10-min interaction between a radiographer and an older woman, supported by a booklet. Our previous report showed that at 1 year, the PEP intervention increased the proportion who were breast cancer aware compared with usual care.
methodsWe randomised 867 women aged 67-70 years attending for their final routine appointment on the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme to receive the PEP Intervention, a booklet alone or usual care. The primary outcome was breast cancer awareness measured using a validated questionnaire asking about knowledge of breast cancer symptoms, knowledge that the risk of breast cancer increases with age and breast checking behaviour.
resultsAt 2 years, the PEP Intervention increased the proportion who were breast cancer aware compared with usual care (21 vs 6%; odds ratio 8.1, 95% confidence interval 2.7-25.0).
conclusionsThe uniquely large and sustained effect of the PEP Intervention on breast cancer awareness increases the likelihood that a woman will present promptly should she develop breast cancer symptoms up to many years later.
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