# Impact of Breast Cancer Campaigns in the Last 5 Years: A Global Assessment with Google Trends

## Authors

- Moises Andres Lombana Salas ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7219-958X)) — Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sucre
- Maria Camila Miranda Jimenez ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5761-0980)) — Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sucre
- Michelle Bedoya Coronel ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4738-7906)) — Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sucre
- Jean Pierre Matias Acosta ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-3185)) — Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Bolivar University
- Enrique Arturo Lombana Salas ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-9053)) — Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sucre

## Article information

- **Journal:** The Ulutas Medical Journal (Ulutas Med J), ISSN 2149-388X
- **Issue:** Volume 8, Issue 2 (2022), pages 73–75
- **Article type:** Letter to the Editor
- **Published online:** 2022-06-06
- **DOI:** [10.5455/umj.20211211075900](https://doi.org/10.5455/umj.20211211075900)
- **Licence:** [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
- **Article page:** https://www.ulutasmedicaljournal.com/?mno=47328
- **PDF:** https://www.ulutasmedicaljournal.com/pdf/47328.pdf

## Abstract

All this panorama revealed by the study highlights the importance of campaigns against breast cancer, as well as the commitment of international health organizations in the fight against this public health problem, but at the same time it also motivates a reflection based on the following hypothesis: the implementation of campaigns against breast cancer on additional dates to those already established would generate greater interest in the world population and therefore greater knowledge, awareness and sensitization about it, which would probably allow accelerating the decrease in annual mortality, which would allow completing in less time the objectives proposed with this type of campaigns.

## Keywords

Breast cancer; Google Trends

## How to cite

Salas MAL, Jimenez MCM, Coronel MB, Acosta JPM, Salas EAL. Impact of Breast Cancer Campaigns in the Last 5 Years: A Global Assessment with Google Trends. Ulutas Med J. 2022;8(2):73-75. doi:10.5455/umj.20211211075900

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