ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2015
Breast Cancer: The Perspective of Northern Nigerian Women.
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- Level of Awareness and Knowledge of Breast Cancer in Nigeria. A Systematic Review.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2017Pooled it
- Bridging the Knowledge-Practice Gap in Breast Cancer Awareness: A Nationwide Online Cross-Sectional KAP Study Among Adult Females in Nigeria.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Awareness of hereditary breast cancer and readiness for genetic testing among newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer in Nigeria: a multicentre study.Hereditary cancer in clinical practice · 2026Article
- Comparative analysis of breast cancer characteristics in young premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Ghana.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Risk factors for breast cancer among women in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2017: a case-control study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Understanding women's perspectives on breast cancer is essential for cancer control: knowledge, risk awareness, and care-seeking in Mwanza, Tanzania.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Study of the regulatory promoter polymorphism (-938C>A) of B-cell lymphoma 2 gene in breast cancer patients of Mazandaran province in Northern Iran.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe rising incidence of breast cancer is complicated by late presentation, which marks breast cancer diagnosis in Nigeria with about 70% of cases presenting at advanced stages of the disease. The aim of this study is to determine the general level of awareness of breast cancer, breast cancer risk factors, signs/symptoms as well as preventive measures nothern Nigerian women. It also aimed at determining their attitudes toward breast cancer cure, prevention and cause. Finally, it aims to determine their practices toward breast cancer and its associated factors.
methodsA cross-sectional community survey was used to study 230 women aged 15-60 years in Chikun Local Government Area. The subjects were selected based on nonprobability sampling. Data collected using self-administered questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science students (version 16). Test of associations employed Chi-square statistical tool with the level of significance taken at 0.05.
resultsAbout 75.2% knew about breast cancer with health facility (29.13%) being the greatest source of information. An average of 29.35% had knowledge of the risk factors tested. Mean knowledge of the signs and symptoms was 50.1% Average knowledge of breast cancer screening methods was 34.26% with breast self-examination (BSE) (46.1%) being the most recognized. In relation to perception, about 21.7% strongly agreed with the fact that breast cancer is treatable following early detection while 18.3% strongly agreed that screening is effective in detecting breast cancer. Concerning practice, an average of 10.2% practiced any of the screening methods, with BSE (17.4%) being the most practiced. Strongest reasons for nonpractice was ignorance (17.4%). An association was established between knowledge and practice of all the screening methods (P = 0.001 respectively).
conclusionsThere is insufficient knowledge, as well as poor practices in relation to important factors associated with breast cancer prevalence.
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