The screening of breast cancer awareness and health behaviors of women age 40 to 69 in Mus, the least developed city in Turkey: A population based, cross-sectional study.

e12569 Background: Evaluation of the mammography-screening rate and breast cancer awareness of women aged 40-69 living in the city of Mus, the least developed city in Turkey. Methods: In this population-based cross-sectional study, 2420 women living in Mus and aged 40 to 69 were selected randomly from Turkish Statistical Institute's women list and surveyed. Results: In this study 2054 women were surveyed with a participation rate of 85%. The mammography-screening rate was 35%. 1% of the women had a diagnosis of breast cancer. Women aged from 50 to 59 had a higher rate of getting mammography in the last 2 years (42%). Also women having a regular OB-GYN visit, reading at least one newspaper a day and having social security insurance had a higher screening rate (42%, 44% and 39%, respectively). Women mostly declared TV and radio as the main sources of information on breast cancer (34%), but the women who were informed mainly by their doctors and nurses had a higher screening rate (42%). Women who knew breast...