BREAST CANCER SCREENING

Breast Cancer Screening

Breast Cancer Screening

Literature review

Breast cancer patients who experience the first year after diagnosis, a strong social support die less often and less often have a relapse as victims without a social network. The researchers found that social well-being were associated with a decreased risk of death and a reduced risk of cancer recurrence. Compared to women with low social well-being of women with social support had a reduced risk by 48 percent for breast cancer recurrence and a 38 percent lower risk of dying during the study period.

A diagnosis of breast cancer is becomes more than a health calamity for many patients. Besides being a financial crisis, breast cancer also becomes a psychological issue for the women. The work hour productivity of many patients decline due to the continuous medical appointments, moreover the treatments also make the body frail for working long hours and patient feel fatigued, at time many patients may not be able to work at all. To fulfill the social connection requirement many initiatives have been taken. The Wellness Community is among one of those. It is an organization that works solely for non-profit to provide social support to the patients of breast cancer. Wellness Communities number around 21 in the United States accumulating both east and west coast communities. The wide range of support services alongside the social support is the main services for the cancer patients. The Wellness Community provides free counseling and support groups led by licensed psychotherapists for cancer patients (Flax, 1999).

Statistics show that breast cancer is an important public health problem that affects both women and their surrounding community. The best available method to fight against cancer of breast and to modify its course is through and proper screening. If the doctor detects this cancer at an early stage of its evolution, he/she can plan better medication for survival of the patient. In addition, breast cancers are generally detected at a later stage in environments where proper medical screenings are unavailable. A similar trend is observed for mortality from breast cancer. Comprehensive critiques of research articles are needed to identify the research findings that should be used in clinical practice (Polit & Beck, 2010). It should be noted here that we are critiquing a quantitative research here and as such our critiquing framework will be made according to the standards, guidelines and methodologies defined in medical research models for quantative research such as one presented in Polit and Beck (2010). The research dealing in quantative terms have different evaluating frameworks for the diverse techniques used. An instance is that of different frameworks for critiquing researches related to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies and case control studies.

While a strong social support network, the rate of cancer recurrence and mortality in the first year of diagnosis influenced by, settled after three years but no longer recognize statistical correlation. The purpose of the research i.e. inspecting or examining the link between women's support from their community and their observance ...