Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jun 2006
Meta AnalysisDoes worry about breast cancer predict screening behaviors? A meta-analysis of the prospective evidence.
Many women worry about the possibility of developing breast cancer, but there is conflicting evidence concerning whether cancer worry acts as a facilitator or inhibitor of breast cancer screening. ⋯ The meta-analysis supports the contention that breast cancer worry may motivate screening behavior, and that high levels of breast cancer worry are uncommon.