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J Med Oncl Ther 2017 | Volume 2 Issue 3
Breast Cancer
November 01-02, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
7
th
World Congress on
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he study was conducted to ensure knowledge, attitude,
awareness about breast and cervical cancer among the female
students of Makerere University. This study was carried out from
July to September, 2016 among the participants of university
female halls, different female hostels and different faculty of the
university by using a validated questionnaire which was developed
for this study. A total 250 female students, at the age of (18 - 26)
years were participated. Collected information was analyzed using
SPSS, Graph-pad Prism and MS Excel. The results showed that
about 87.6% participants were undergraduate. Most of them
come from village (45.6%) and city (36.0%). In case of food intake
patterns, it was observed that 35.6% participants eat chips, soft
drinks, popcorn everyday; 40.4% eat meat regularly; 24% eat sugar
everyday; 27.6% eat fruits and vegetables every day. Among them,
55.6% girls maintained daily 1 hour physical activity; 37.2% did
exercise rarely; 34.8% participants rarely do strenuous exercise.
About 84.4% respondents have not any family history of cancer; 6%
participants have sister or mother having breast tumor and 7.2%
have at least more than one close relative who have cancer. Among
the participants, only 0.8% drank alcohol; 1.2% have addiction of
smoking cigarette; 15.6% girls wear tight bra; 3.6% have benign
breast disease and 2.8% participants have attended in breast or
cervical cancer screening programs. The moderate numbers of girls
have breast cancer screening practice. Among them, only 28.8%
participants have ever heard about BSE (Breast self-examination)
and 40.4% have not any knowledge about breast cancer treatment.
About 50.8% respondents don’t have any knowledge about cervical
cancer treatment. The village people are the most risky group.
About 17.02% girls recognized weakened immune system as a risk
factor of cervical cancer. It can be concluded that, knowledge of
participants regarding breast and cervical cancer is poor. Targeted
education should be implemented to improve the knowledge of
respondents about early detection methods and symptoms of
breast and cervical cancer.
Awareness about Early Detection Methods, Symptoms and Risk Factors towards Breast and Cervical
Cancer among the Female Students
Nankya Hanifah
Mulago Paramedical School, Uganda