Breast Cancer Screening

Breast Cancer Screening of Muslim Women in UK

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Table of content

Contents

Introduction2

Study Background2

Scope of the Study3

Keywords3

Literature Review3

Definitions4

Breast Cancer4

Breast Cancer Screening5

Qualitative Research5

Aim of the Study5

Research Questions5

Tentative Research Question6

Sub Questions6

Research questions Summary6

Objectives7

Epistemological approach7

Theoretical Positioning8

Research Summary9

References9

Breast Cancer Screening of Muslim Women in UK

Introduction

Breast cancer screening is the medical process of screening asymptomatic of apparently healthy women for diagnosing symptoms of breast cancer in order to facilitate earlier treatment process (Kerlikowske, 2010, pp. 343-369). The assumption behind the screening is that the detection of the breast cancer at early stage would enhance the outcomes. The process of screening breast cancer embraces number of screening tests such including mammography, genetic screening, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging as well as clinical and self breast exams (Lee, & et al., 2010, p. 18). Each year in United Kingdom around 50,000 new invasive as well as non invasive (DCIS) breast cancer cases are diagnosed (Breast cancer Key Facts, 2012). According to the report of Cancer Research UK's Statistical Information Team, 4,000 new patents were diagnosed with the symptoms of the breast cancer. Around 12,000 people die in the UK from breast cancer on yearly basis. Moreover, the stats of the breast cancer in the women in United Kingdom reveals that the breast cancer is the second type of cancer that ins most commonly diagnosed in the women with the age less than 35. However, it should be noticed that the Muslim women are 76 % more vulnerable to the breast cancer as compared to the non Muslim women in United Kingdom (Shaikh, S., 2012, p.28). Reason is that the Muslim women are more likely to resist breast cancer screening due to behavioral, cultural as well as religious triggers (Ayonrinde, 2003, pp. 233-248). The aim of the study is to highlight the triggers that induce resistance in Muslim women against the screening of the breast cancer by applying interpretive tools of epistemological approach.

Study Background

Breast cancer is the most pervasive type of the cancer in the women in United Kingdom. The stats pertain to the incidences, mortality and survival reveals that prominent increase of about 1.8 percent was observed in the diagnoses of the new breast cancer cases in 2010 as compared to the breast cancer cases in 2009 (Breast Cancer in England, 2010). In addition to it, it was observed that every one woman out of eight is likely to develop breast cancer somewhere in their lives. However, age factor is the strong triggers that are expected to induce the probability of the breast cancer symptoms. Moreover, it was observes that the probability of development of the breast cancer In Muslim women in UK is prominently high as compared to the non Muslim women of the country (Facione, N. C., & Katapodi, M., 2000, pp. 238-247). Thus, it is crucial to identify the triggers that induce resistance in the Muslim women in United Kingdom pertain to the screening of the breast cancer.

Scope of the Study

The study is expected to play highly significant role in highlighting the triggers that induce ...