id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-013390-i5h7ob3n Salem, Haya Psychosocial Aspects of Female Breast Cancer in the Middle East and North Africa 2020-09-18 .txt text/plain 7571 353 51 Collaboration between mass media, health and education systems, and leading social-religious figures plays a major role in overcoming psychological and cultural barriers, including beliefs surrounding pain, fear, embarrassment, and modesty, particularly for women of lower socioeconomic status and women living in crises and conflict zones. We used the keywords "society", "culture", "breast cancer", "women", "screening", "quality of life", "attitudes", "stigma", "women", "Arab", "Muslim", "family", "coping", "mental health", and "religion". This review found that several socio-cultural and political factors affect Arab women's quality of life when they are diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer. Our review found that being a working and educated mother does not necessarily indicate better self-care or better awareness of BSE; in fact, we found that knowing someone, such as a family member or friend, who was diagnosed with breast cancer had a stronger impact on self-health management, resulting from fear that prompted women to perform self-or clinical screening. ./cache/cord-013390-i5h7ob3n.txt ./txt/cord-013390-i5h7ob3n.txt