• DocumentCode
    476695
  • Title

    Teleconsultations in Breast Self-Examination (BSE) practice: Alternative solution for early detection of Breast Cancer.

  • Author

    Talib, Norayu Abdul ; Zakaria, Nasriah ; Ramadass, Sureswaran

  • Author_Institution
    School of Computer Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    26-28 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among Malaysian women and the number of cases expend proportionately by each year. Teleconsultation is an alternative solution for early detection of breast cancer. Teleconsultations have been used widely in healthcare setting but none of the intervention concentrates at preventive level. This proposed system is the first attempt in introducing teleconsultation as Breast Self-Examination (BSE) education tools. BSE is known one of the methods in detecting breast cancer at early stage. Teleconsultation for early detection of breast cancer may extend care to underserved places at minimal cost. This ICT intervention provides an opportunity in assisting women to perform proper and effective BSE practices. Thus, this will maximize the probability of finding lump and detect breast cancer at early stage.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Technology, 2008. ITSim 2008. International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2327-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2328-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITSIM.2008.4631600
  • Filename
    4631600