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Cancer information seeking and scanning behavior among Nepalese migrants in Japan and its association with preventive behavior.

Divya BhandariAkihiko OzakiYurie KobashiAsaka HiguchiPrakash ShakyaTetsuya Tanimoto
Published in: PloS one (2020)
In this study, the proportion of Nepalese migrants who deliberately undertook CISE was low, while the practice of CISC was relatively common. Given that the CISE was associated with cancer-prevention behavior, proper strategies should be implemented to alleviate barriers for CISE and improve its impact on providing reliable evidence about cancer to migrants in Japan.
Keyphrases
  • papillary thyroid
  • squamous cell
  • primary care
  • lymph node metastasis
  • childhood cancer
  • young adults
  • mass spectrometry
  • quality improvement
  • social media