Breast cancer! – Is there enough knowledge and practice?
| Autor: | G Ravivarman, U Sharath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Cancer Developing country Disease medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Informed consent 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine medicine Forensic nursing 030212 general & internal medicine skin and connective tissue diseases business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine. 7:144-148 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6776 2394-6768 |
| DOI: | 10.18231/j.ijfcm.2020.031 |
| Popis: | Background: Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women worldwide, impacting 2.1 million women each year. In India, it accounts for the second most common cancer in women. Around 80,000 cases are estimated to occur annually and it accounts for 14% of all cancers in women. In 2018- 627,000 women died of breast cancer globally - greatest number of cancer related deaths. The increasing incidence of breast cancer in economically developing countries is influenced likely by lifestyle changes and growing urbanization. Breast cancer is distinguished from other types of cancer by the fact that it occurs in a visible organ and can be detected and treated at an early stage. But the awareness and practice of breast selfexamination (BSE) is low which this study tries to explore. Materials and Methods: It is a cross sectional study done in a teaching medical college among the paramedical female students. 200 participants were included using simple random sampling. The questionnaire was administered after getting informed consent and the results were analyzed using IBMSPSS software version 21. Results: In our study among the 200 participants 174 (87%) of them are aware of the disease breast cancer. Among the 174 participants for 72 participants internet was the major source of information about breast cancer. There was a strong association between the education of the mothers and awareness of breast cancer among students (p=0.026). Among 112 participants who are aware of Breast self-examination (BSE) only 17 had performed. Keywords: Breast self-examination (BSE), Breast cancer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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