Awareness of ovarian cancer risk and protective factors: A national cross-sectional study from Palestine
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Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States; Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, An- Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Almakassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Bethlehem, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Al- Azhar university-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Al-shiffa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine; Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestine; Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jenin, Palestine; Al-Aqsa Hospital, Deir Albalah, Palestine; Faculty of Nursing, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
Elshami M., Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; Tuffaha A., Faculty of Medicine, An- Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Yaseen A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Alser M., Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine; Al-Slaibi I., Almakassed Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine; Jabr H., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Ubaiat S., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Bethlehem, Palestine; Khader S., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Khraishi R., Faculty of Medicine, An- Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Jaber I., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Arafeh Z.A., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Al-Madhoun S., Faculty of Medicine, Al- Azhar university-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Alqattaa A., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; El Hadi A.A., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Barhoush O., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Hijazy M., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Eleyan T., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Alser A., Al-shiffa Hospital, Gaza, Palestine; Hziema A.A., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Shatat A., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Almakhtoob F., Faculty of Medicine, Palestine Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine; Mohamad B., Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestine; Farhat W., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jenin, Palestine; Abuamra Y., Faculty of Medicine, Al- Azhar university-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Mousa H., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Adawi R., Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine; Musallam A., Al-Aqsa Hospital, Deir Albalah, Palestine; Abu-El- Noor N., Faculty of Nursing, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine; Bottcher B., Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
M. Elshami; Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, United States; email: mohamedraed.elshami@gmail.com
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Adult; Arabs; Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Male; Ovarian Neoplasms; Protective Factors; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; adult; Article; attitude to health; breast feeding; cancer prevention; cancer risk; cross-sectional study; disease association; early cancer diagnosis; educational status; endometriosis; female; health center; highest income group; hospital; human; in vitro fertilization; knowledge base; marriage; oral contraceptive use; ovary cancer; ovary cyst; Palestine; primary medical care; questionnaire; smoking; women's health; Arab; attitude to health; male; ovary tumor; protection; risk factor