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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Women's Breast Cancer Knowledge and Health Communication in the United Arab Emirates.

Dania Abu Awwad, Syeda Zakia Hossain, Martin Mackey, Patrick Brennan, Shukri Adam

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Increasing Importance of Breast Cancer in the United Arab Emirates.Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology · 2026
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  6. Breast cancer knowledge and practices amongst women in Algeria.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dania Abu AwwadFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4327-0724
Syeda Zakia HossainFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Martin MackeyFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1591-3991
Patrick BrennanFaculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Shukri AdamCollege of Nursing, Ras Al Khaimah Medical & Health Sciences University, Al Qusaidat, UAE.
The University of Sydney · AURas al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University · AE

Funding

Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research 2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), women's participation in breast cancer screening is low, and women are commonly diagnosed in advanced stages. This study investigated women's attitudes towards breast cancer screening, their use of health services in the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, and their preferred medium for breast cancer information. In this qualitative study, six focus groups were conducted with Emirati (

Indexed as

breast cancerhealth educationhealth promotionscreeningUnited Arab Emirateswomen’s health services

Identifiers

PMID33218122
PMCPMC7711768
OpenAlexW3104604275

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Registered trials

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