Common myths and misconceptions about breast cancer causation among Palestinian women: a national cross-sectional study
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Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44106, OH, United States; Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Gaza, Palestine; Almakassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Department of a Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City, Palestine; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine; Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Tulkarem Governmental Hospital, Tulkarem, Palestine; Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestine; Department of Pharmacy, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Faculty of Dentistry, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine; Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Faculty of Nursing, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
Elshami M., Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44106, OH, United States, Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; Ismail I.O., Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; Alser M., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Gaza, Palestine; Al-Slaibi I., Almakassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine; Ghithan R.J., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Usrof F.D., Department of a Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City, Palestine; Qawasmi M.A.M., Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine; Okshiya H.M., Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine; Shurrab N.R.S., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Mahfouz I.I., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Fannon A.A.Q., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Hawa M.R.M., Tulkarem Governmental Hospital, Tulkarem, Palestine; Giacaman N., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Ahmaro M., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Zaatreh R.K., Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestine; AbuKhalil W.A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Melhim N.K., Department of Pharmacy, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Madbouh R.J., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Hziema H.J.A., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Lahlooh R.A.-A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Ubaiat S.N., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Jaffal N.A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Alawna R.K., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Abed S.N., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Abuzahra B.N.A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Kwaik A.J.A., Faculty of Dentistry, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Dodin M.H., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Taha R.O., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Alashqar D.M., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Mobarak R.A.-A.-F., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Smerat T., Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine; Albarqi S.I., Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Abu-El-Noor N., Faculty of Nursing, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Bottcher B., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
M. Elshami; Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, 44106, United States; email: mohamedraed.elshami@gmail.com
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Breast cancer; Causation; Causes; Health education; Health promotion; Misconceptions; Myths; Palestine
Adult; Arabs; Breast Neoplasms; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Middle East; Surveys and Questionnaires; adult; Arab; attitude to health; breast tumor; cross-sectional study; female; human; Middle East; questionnaire