Call for culturally sensitive comprehensive cancer control programmes in the Middle Eastern countries

Abstract

Commentary on: Madkhali NA, Santin O, Noble H, et al . Breast health awareness in an Arabic culture: a qualitative exploration. J Adv Nurs 2018;75:1713-22. doi: 10.1111/jan.14003. Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.1 Evidence indicates there is high prevalence of advanced BC among premenopausal women and high-mortality rate in the developing countries as compared with the western countries where mortality rate from BC occurs among women who are older than 65 years and those complicated by other medical problems.2 3 This increase in the mortality rate …