Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among females in the Middle East and North Africa: a multinational cross-sectional study

Israa Ahmed Qutob, Asmaa Soliman, Hoda Aufy, Ali Salah Elgahamy, Rayhana Trabelsi, Farah Tarek Shaalan, Majid Omari, Fatema Shehab, Abdullrahman Elgarawany, Ahmed Abdelaziz Eldaly, Sally Muhamed Seliem, Rola Nail Marie, Baraa M Ayesh, Hadeel Khaled Albaoni, Ahmed I S Alnatsha, Naiela Ennaji Almansouri, Fatima Adel Abdulla, Abrar Kadhem, Zahra Alhoori, Jenan Shabani, Zahra Matrook, Mahmoud Fuad, Soumia Cheriet, Aya Ahmed Abdou, Esraa Awad, Noha Osman Frere

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869
Published: 2025-12
Container: BMJ Oncology
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869,
  title = {Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among females in the Middle East and North Africa: a multinational cross-sectional study},
  author = {Israa Ahmed Qutob and Asmaa Soliman and Hoda Aufy and Ali Salah Elgahamy and Rayhana Trabelsi and Farah Tarek Shaalan and Majid Omari and Fatema Shehab and Abdullrahman Elgarawany and Ahmed Abdelaziz Eldaly and Sally Muhamed Seliem and Rola Nail Marie and Baraa M Ayesh and Hadeel Khaled Albaoni and Ahmed I S Alnatsha and Naiela Ennaji Almansouri and Fatima Adel Abdulla and Abrar Kadhem and Zahra Alhoori and Jenan Shabani and Zahra Matrook and Mahmoud Fuad and Soumia Cheriet and Aya Ahmed Abdou and Esraa Awad and Noha Osman Frere},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ Oncology},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among females in the Middle East and North Africa: a multinational cross-sectional study
AU  - Israa Ahmed Qutob
AU  - Asmaa Soliman
AU  - Hoda Aufy
AU  - Ali Salah Elgahamy
AU  - Rayhana Trabelsi
AU  - Farah Tarek Shaalan
AU  - Majid Omari
AU  - Fatema Shehab
AU  - Abdullrahman Elgarawany
AU  - Ahmed Abdelaziz Eldaly
AU  - Sally Muhamed Seliem
AU  - Rola Nail Marie
AU  - Baraa M Ayesh
AU  - Hadeel Khaled Albaoni
AU  - Ahmed I S Alnatsha
AU  - Naiela Ennaji Almansouri
AU  - Fatima Adel Abdulla
AU  - Abrar Kadhem
AU  - Zahra Alhoori
AU  - Jenan Shabani
AU  - Zahra Matrook
AU  - Mahmoud Fuad
AU  - Soumia Cheriet
AU  - Aya Ahmed Abdou
AU  - Esraa Awad
AU  - Noha Osman Frere
PY  - 2025
JO  - BMJ Oncology
DO  - 10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869
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ER  -

APA

Qutob, I. A., Soliman, A., Aufy, H., Elgahamy, A. S., Trabelsi, R., Shaalan, F. T., Omari, M., Shehab, F., Elgarawany, A., Eldaly, A. A., Seliem, S. M., Marie, R. N., Ayesh, B. M., Albaoni, H. K., Alnatsha, A. I. S., Almansouri, N. E., Abdulla, F. A., Kadhem, A., Alhoori, Z., Shabani, J., Matrook, Z., Fuad, M., Cheriet, S., Abdou, A. A., Awad, E., & Frere, N. O. (2025). Breast cancer awareness and breast self-examination among females in the Middle East and North Africa: a multinational cross-sectional study. BMJ Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjonc-2025-000869

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