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Journal of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics | Volume: 3
July 23-25, 2018 | Moscow, Russia
12th World Cancer Congress
To know and to act: A tale of the effect of knowledge on uptake of Breast Cancer preventionmodalities
among women of child bearing age in Kyadondo country, Uganda.
Taremwa Ivan Mugisha
Clarke International University, Uganda
Background: Breast cancer, the third most frequent cancer
of women is preventable through knowledge on breast self-
examination. Of the 44% of women diagnosed with breast
cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute, only 22% go for check-up
inlessthanthreemonths.Thisstudyexploredtheeffectofbreast
cancer knowledge on the uptake of breast cancer prevention
modalities among women in Kyadondo County, Uganda.
Methods:Ahouseholdsurveyamongwomenofchildbearingage
inKyadondoCountywas conductedduring June, 2014 toAugust,
2015. This involved studying in-depth using a questionnaire
the level of breast cancer knowledge of the respondents. Data
was analyzed using logistic regression model. Chi-square test
was used to establish relationships between knowledge base
factors and the uptake of breast cancer prevention modalities.
Results: This study has established an empirical relationship
between uptake of breast cancer prevention modalities and
source of information especially radio (OR 1.94 95% CI: 1.16-
3.24), television (OR 1.82 95% CI: 1.14-2.93), awareness of
breast cancer (OR 4.03 95% CI: 1.01-15.98), knowledge on how
to reduce risk of breast cancer (OR 1.98 95% CI: 1.20-3.27),
what reduces breast cancer acquisition (OR 2.75 95% CI: 1.42-
5.35), how to check for signs of breast cancer especially through
breast self-examination (OR 3.09 95% CI: 1.62-5.88), and other
methods of breast cancer diagnosis in a health care set up.
Conclusion: The women’s level of breast cancer awareness as a
primary prevention strategy was found wanting, and requires a
boost through community health education
Speaker Biography
Taremwa Ivan Mugisha is a Medical Laboratory Scientist currently working as a Lecturer/
Researcher in the Institute of Allied Health Sciences at Clarke International University
(Formerly, International Health Sciences University). Ivan holds a Master’s Degree in
Medical Laboratory Sciences of Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He
has authored a number of publication with focus on Cancer and Malaria prevention,
Opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS, Laboratory Quality Management and the diagnostic
challenges of infectious diseases in a limited resource set up. Ivan is a peer reviewer
of International Journals, a member of International Society of Blood Transfusion and
American Society of Hematology.
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