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Abstract
The majority of deaths from cancer can now be avoided by a combination of primary prevention and effective screening programmes.
Most research on the screening and earl treatment of cancer showed that many women are first diagnosed through primary care physicians. Yet, little information exists about the knowledge, practice patterns, and beliefs of family physicians about commonest types of cancers among women and effective screening programmes.
Family physicians care for many cancer patients, but few systematically ask patients about risk factors. Therefore, it is likely that many high-risk patients remain unrecognized and undiagnosed. When cancer is diagnosed, many family physicians experience barriers in referral to specialists.
Solutions must address availability of effective screening programmes as well as making knowledge and skills for early diagnosis and effective management of commonest types of cancers among women to be more widely available among primary care physicians.
In conclusion, prevailing beliefs and attitudes have a great impact, at every stage of the cancer continuum, from prevention and early detection to access and response to treatment, rehabilitation, and survivorship / palliative care, and end-of-life care. A high level of motivation for the women to participate in a preventive health strategy such as screening comes from the appreciation of the beneficial effects of the intervention and a preventive health-seeking behavior of the target population.
As screening can also lead to harm such as overtreatment, they need to understand the potential benefits of these screening programs before they can make informed