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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.180-186, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Objective The objective of the present study was to evaluate the factors affecting women's behaviors toward breast cancer prevention. Methods This research, designed as a descriptive cross sectional study, was conducted with 400 women. Research data were collected using a descriptive personal information form and the scale to measure factors influencing women's breast cancer prevention behaviors (ASSISTS). The forms were transferred to the online platform via Google and published as an online survey. The statistical significance was identified if the P-value was below 0.05. Results The highest score on the ASSISTS is 165, and the lowest is 33. As women got older, it was determined that their scores in the scale's attitude (P = 0.013), motivation (P = 0.011), self-efficacy (P = 0.042), and self care (P = 0.017) subdimensions were higher. Women with a high-income level exhibited higher levels of positive behavior than women with medium and low-income levels in the subscales of attitude (P = 0.026), motivation (P = 0.004), support systems (P = 0.041), and stress management (P = 0.044). Introduction The global cancer statistics for the year 2022 of the WHO – International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) show that approximately 20 million new cancer cases and 10.0 million cancer deaths occurred worldwide (WHO IARC, 2022). According to the statistics for 2022, lung cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer type, with breast cancer ranking second. Whereas the num ber of new lung cancer cases is 2.480.675 (12.4%), the number of new breast cancer cases is 2.296.840 (11.5%) (WHO-IARC, 2022). According to the WHO, breast can cer is the most common type of cancer among women (WHO, 2023). Breast cancer is among the cancer types with a high rate of treatment owing to early diagnosis and a low mortality rate (WHO, 2022). However, when the last 5-year cancer prevalence in Türkiye is examined, it is reported that breast cancer ranks first with a rate of 14.8 per 100.000 individuals (GLOCOBAN, 2022). Numerous risk factors such as advanced age, obesity, mar ital status, alcohol consumption, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, reproductive history (such as age at menarche, age at first pregnancy, number of children, age at menopause), childbirth, oral contra ceptive use, smoking and alcohol use, postmenopausal 0959-8278 Copyright © 2025 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Conclusion In the attitude and motivation subscales, women with pregnancy and childbirth experience showed higher levels of positive behavior in breast cancer prevention. Married women had higher ASSISTS scores than single women. Participants' breast cancer prevention behaviors were evaluated as positive. Advanced age, pregnancy, and childbirth experience are factors that affect positive behaviors in breast cancer prevention. European Journal of Cancer Prevention XXX: XXXX–XXXX Copyright © 2025 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved