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Of the 9008 participants, 69% report awareness of breast cancer warning signs, but the results did not substantiate these claims. There remains a disconnect between participants\u2019 perceived awareness of their ability to detect breast cancer and their actual recognition of individual signs and symptoms. Nearly half (45.4%) report rarely or never checking their breasts for abnormalities (44.6%). Breast self-examination (BSE) and Breast Cancer Screening (BCS) uptake is low and many are unaware of the starting age for invitation to Qatar\u2019s BCS program. While only 18% of women report receiving an invitation, 94% attended, indicating that the BCS invitation is a remarkably effective means of improving screening uptake. Policymakers should capitalize on early recognition, which is possible in the youthful population. Broadening awareness campaigns and interventions targeting a broader audience including males, community and religious leaders and healthcare professionals may prove more effective in Arab communities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19073995","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,29]],"date-time":"2022-03-29T21:44:52Z","timestamp":1648590292000},"page":"3995","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4404-1424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ehab","family":"Hamed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bayan","family":"Alemrayat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed Ahmed","family":"Syed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8767-4619","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suhad","family":"Daher-Nashif","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Medicine, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7705-2170","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hadi Mohamad Abu","family":"Rasheed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Qatar Cancer Society, Doha 22944, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2473-6138","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tanya","family":"Kane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Medicine, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"391","DOI":"10.3816\/CBC.2005.n.043","article-title":"The Global Breast Cancer Burden: Variations in Epidemiology and Survival","volume":"6","author":"Hortobagyi","year":"2005","journal-title":"Clin. 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